<OT> New Posting: ROA-776

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ROA 776-0905

Evidence for phonological constraints on nuclear accent placement.

James German <j-german at northwestern.edu>
Janet Pierrehumbert <jbp at nwu.edu>
Stefan Kaufmann <kaufmann at northwestern.edu>

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Abstract:
The influence of information structure and focus projection
on nuclear accent placement is called into question.  This
paper presents the results of a production study showing
that phonologically weak words may resist nuclear accents
even under narrow focus.  The study also reveals a significant
degree of inter- as well as intra-speaker variability. 
The results are analyzed in terms of competing phonological
and syntactic constraints whose ranking is determined stochastica
lly.

Comments: NOTE:  This paper will appear in LANGUAGE (Journal of the Linguistic Society of America), March 2006 (Vol. 82.1).  This is a pre-publication draft -- the final published version will be somewhat different and will be the official form (of record) for this
Keywords: nuclear accent, pitch accent, focus, focus projection
Areas: Phonology,Syntax,Semantics
Type: Journal Article

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