TY - GEN

T1 - Question intonation in non-scripted Danish dialogues

AU - Grønnum, Nina

AU - Tøndering, John

N1 - Conference code: XVI

PY - 2007

Y1 - 2007

N2 - Global intonation contour slopes in read speech have been found to vary systematically according to utterance type. Statements have the steepest gradients, wh-question contours are slightly less steep, questions with word order inversion less steeply falling again, and so-called declarative questions have no gradient at all, i.e. their global contour is level. Furthermore, in all but the very shortest utterances onset and offset of the global intonation contour appear relatively constant in the frequency range across varying utterance length. This paper is a first exploration into Danish question intonation in non-scripted speech.

AB - Global intonation contour slopes in read speech have been found to vary systematically according to utterance type. Statements have the steepest gradients, wh-question contours are slightly less steep, questions with word order inversion less steeply falling again, and so-called declarative questions have no gradient at all, i.e. their global contour is level. Furthermore, in all but the very shortest utterances onset and offset of the global intonation contour appear relatively constant in the frequency range across varying utterance length. This paper is a first exploration into Danish question intonation in non-scripted speech.

M3 - Article in proceedings

SN - 978-3-9811535-1-4

SP - 1229

EP - 1232

BT - Proceedings of the XVIth International Congress of Phonetic Sciences

A2 - Trouvain, Jürgen

A2 - Barry, William

PB - University of Saarbrücken

Y2 - 6 August 2007 through 11 August 2007

ER -