Intonation and word order in majority English and heritage Russian across speaker populations

该项目研究了非规范语调与句法（即词序）和信息结构（即焦点、给定性）的关系，重点研究了俄语作为传统语言和英语作为美国主要语言的语言接触。该项目研究了传统语言使用者的两种语言，并将其与单语母语使用者进行了比较，采用了一种新的方法来研究传统语言的语调。此外，由于对单语言语的研究表明，语域存在语音关联，本文还对正式言语和非正式言语中的语调进行了研究。这些需要从语调的语法方面加以区分。最后，将对不同年龄组的语调进行调查，从而解决语调差异在整个（部分）生命周期中有多稳定的问题。根据RUEG的总体方法，该项目调查了三个合资企业（简称：“JV”）的非规范韵律：解决新语调模式的系统性（JVI：“语言变化假设”），它们在内部（语法）和外部（信息结构）接口(JVII：“界面假说”)，并通过进一步比较英俄接触之外的接触-语言来源在迁移或一般接触引起的变化与语言内部动力或一般发展（JVIII：“内部动力假说”）。

The project investigates non-canonical intonation in its relation to syntax (i.e. word order) and information structure (i.e. focus, givenness), focusing on the language contact involving Russian as heritage language and English as majority language in the U.S. The project looks at the two languages of heritage speakers and compares them to monolingual native speakers, adopting a new approach in research on intonation in heritage languages. What is more, it investigates intonation in formal vs. informal speech because research on monolingual speech has shown that there are phonetic correlates of register. These need to be differentiated from grammatical aspects of intonation. Finally, intonation will be investigated for different age groups, thereby addressing the question of how stable intonational differences are over (part of) the life span. In line with RUEG’s overarching approach, the project investigates non-canonical prosody in three Joint Ventures (short: “JV”): addressing the systematicity of new intonational patterns (JVI: “Language Change Hypothesis”), their occurrence at internal (syntax) versus external (information structure) interfaces (JVII: “Interface Hypothesis”), and, by including further comparisons beyond English-Russian contact, their contact-linguistic source in transfer or general contact-induced change versus language-internal dynamics or general developments (JVIII: “Internal Dynamics Hypothesis”).