Intonational Grammar in Ibero-Romance

Approaches across linguistic subfields

Editors

Meghan E. Armstrong | University of Massachusetts Amherst

Nicholas Henriksen | University of Michigan

Maria del Mar Vanrell | Freie Universität Berlin

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Intonational Grammar in Ibero-Romance: Approaches across linguistic subfields is a volume of empirical research papers incorporating recent theoretical, methodological, and interdisciplinary advances in the field of intonation, as they relate to the Ibero-Romance languages. The volume brings together leading experts in Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish, as well as in the intonation of Spanish in contact situations. The common thread is that each paper examines a specific topic related to the intonation of at least one Ibero-Romance language, framing the analysis in an experimental setting. The novel findings of each chapter hinge on critical connections that are made between the study of intonation and its related fields of linguistic inquiry, including syntax, pragmatics, sociophonetics, language acquisition and special populations. In this sense, the volume expands the traditional scope of Ibero-Romance intonation, including in it work on signed languages (LSC), individuals with autism spectrum disorder and individuals with Williams Syndrome. This volume establishes the precedent for researchers and advanced students who wish to explore the complexities of Ibero-Romance intonation. It also serves as a showcase of the most up-to-date methodologies in intonational research.

[Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, 6] 2016. xxi, 389 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/ihll.6

Table of Contents

Introduction: Intonational grammar in Ibero-Romance

Meghan E. Armstrong, Nicholas Henriksen and Maria del Mar Vanrell | pp. vii–xii

Foreword: Fundamental issues in Ibero-Romance intonational research

José Ignacio Hualde | pp. xiii–xxii

Part I. Intonation, variation and contact

Laura Colantoni, Alejandro Cuza and Natalia Mazzaro | pp. 1–24

Pitch accent tonal alignment in declarative sentences in the Spanish of the Basque Country: A study of language contact

Gorka Elordieta and Aritz Irurtzun | pp. 25–44

Stylistic variation in the intonation of European Portuguese teenagers and adults

Ana Isabel Mata, Helena Moniz and Fernando Batista | pp. 45–68

Focus and prosody in Spanish and Quechua: Insights from an interactive task

Antje Muntendam and Francisco Torreira | pp. 69–90

Part II. Intonational modeling, syntax and pragmatics

Cost of the action and social distance affect the selection of question intonation in Catalan

Lluïsa Astruc-Aguilera, Maria del Mar Vanrell and Pilar Prieto | pp. 91–114

Intonation modeling in cross-linguistic research

Plínio A. Barbosa | pp. 115–134

Prosody and Emotion in Brazilian Portuguese

João Antônio de Moraes and Albert Rilliard | pp. 135–152

The Relation between Prosody and Syntax: The case of different types of Left-Dislocations in Spanish

Ingo Feldhausen | pp. 153–180

The intonational meaning of polar questions in Manchego Spanish spontaneous speech

Nicholas Henriksen, Meghan E. Armstrong and Lorenzo García-Amaya | pp. 181–206

Declarative utterances in Buenos Aires Spanish

Leopoldo Omar Labastía | pp. 207–226

Towards automatic language processing and intonational labeling in European Portuguese

Helena Moniz, Fernando Batista, Ana Isabel Mata and Isabel Trancoso | pp. 227–248

Part III. Intonation, acquisition and special populations

Prosodic and gestural features distinguish the intention of pointing gestures in child-directed communication

Núria Esteve-Gibert, Ulf Liszkowski and Pilar Prieto | pp. 249–276

Prosody in Portuguese Children with HighFunctioning Autism

Marisa Filipe, Sónia Frota, Adrienne Villagomez and Selene G. Vicente | pp. 277–294

Early Prosodic Development: Emerging intonation and phrasing in European Portuguese

Sónia Frota, Marisa Cruz, Nuno Matos and Marina Vigário | pp. 295–324

A preliminary study of wh-questions in German and Spanish child language

Conxita Lleó | pp. 325–350

Assessment of Spanish prosody in clinical populations: The case of Williams syndrome

Pastora Martínez-Castilla and Sue Peppé | pp. 351–368

Intonation and grammar in the visual-gestural modality: A case study on conditionals in Catalan Sign Language (LSC)

Josep Quer | pp. 369–386

Index | pp. 387–390

“This rich anthology is a must-have volume for anyone working on intonation in the Iberian languages. Among other things, it illustrates the value of a common frame of reference: most of the papers presuppose autosegmental-metrical ideas about intonational form, which allows them to investigate intonational function - grammatical, pragmatic, social - in terms broadly comparable from chapter to chapter. Many of the papers also exemplify the rapid spread of experimental and corpus-based methods in linguistics today, which will interest a wide range of researchers in other areas as well.”

D. R. Ladd, University of Edinburgh

“ Intonational grammar in Ibero-Romance is an exceptionally rich collection that impinges on a broad cross-section of linguistic research. Among the languages studied are Spanish and Portuguese, both European and Latin American, Catalan, signed language, German, and contact environments (Basque, Quechua). An especially valuable feature of this volume is the inclusion of groups woefully underrepresented in intonational studies: heritage speakers, clinical and autistic populations, and children. Add to this stylistic and task-related phenomena, gestural accompaniment, and automatic language processing, and it is difficult to envision an approach to intonational phonology left behind by the authors of these essays. From neophytes to experts, linguists with an interest in suprasegmental phenomena will benefit from a careful reading of this cross-disciplinary scholarship.”

John Lipski, Penn State University

“This is a valuable and timely book on both classic and emerging topics of research in the field of Ibero-Romance intonation. Its coverage of issues is impressive; the studies reported are likely to inspire innovative research. The book makes an excellent reading for graduate students and intonation researchers who wish to get insights into the rapidly growing field of Ibero-Romance intonation.”

Aoju Chen, Utrecht University

“Overall, this volume showcases the innovative, and inspiring empirical research currently being done on Ibero-Romance intonation from multiple linguistic subfields. Individually, the papers are of considerable theoretical and methodological interest, and, taken together, they confirm the importance of a dialogue between different fields of linguistic inquiry in the study of intonation. Intonational Grammar in Ibero-Romance. Approaches across linguistic subfields thus constitutes a unique volume that establishes new avenues of research and methods that are extremely valuable to further our understanding of Ibero-Romance intonation in its multifaceted aspects.”

Analía Gutiérrez, Área de Investigación, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, in Spanish in Context 16:2 (2019), pp. 298–306

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