Prosody and pragmatics in parenthetical insertions in catalan

This paper analyses the role of prosody in parenthetical insertions, a type of structure that is extremely common in both speech and writing. The materials under study come from a corpus of spontaneous speech acts in Central Catalan (with varying degrees of spontaneity) from which a corpus of oral p...

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Autor: Payà, Marta
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2003
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
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Palabra clave:Català
Anàlisi prosòdica (Lingüística)
Catalan language
Prosodic analysis (Linguistics)
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spelling Prosody and pragmatics in parenthetical insertions in catalanPayà, MartaCatalàAnàlisi prosòdica (Lingüística)Catalan languageProsodic analysis (Linguistics)This paper analyses the role of prosody in parenthetical insertions, a type of structure that is extremely common in both speech and writing. The materials under study come from a corpus of spontaneous speech acts in Central Catalan (with varying degrees of spontaneity) from which a corpus of oral parenthetical insertions has been compiled. The prototypical prosodic features of a parenthetical insertion in Catalan are: prosodic autonomy, limited extension, production in between pauses or final pause, tendency towards acceleration, fall in intensity, lower pitch range and, finally, falling or rising melodic pattern. While the final fall is the most frequent pattern in spontaneous conversations with a high degree of confidence between interlocutors, a final rising structure is found in interviews in which the degree of confidence between participants is smaller, their roles are unequal, and the interviewed constructs a narrative discourse. We thus suggest that the pitch contour of parenthetical insertions is related to formality and discourse typology (in this case, narrative vs. dialogue). Bearing in mind the discursive functions performed by these insertions, we propose a typology which classifies them with regards to two main functions: completion of information, and modalisation.Servei de Publicacions de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona2003info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/23424Articles publicats en revistes (Filologia Catalana i Lingüística General)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/catjl.50Catalan Journal of Linguistics, 2003, vol. 2, p. 207-227http://doi.org/10.5565/rev/catjl.50cc-by-nc (c) Payà, 2003http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/esinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/234242026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Prosody and pragmatics in parenthetical insertions in catalan
title Prosody and pragmatics in parenthetical insertions in catalan
spellingShingle Prosody and pragmatics in parenthetical insertions in catalan
Payà, Marta
Català
Anàlisi prosòdica (Lingüística)
Catalan language
Prosodic analysis (Linguistics)
title_short Prosody and pragmatics in parenthetical insertions in catalan
title_full Prosody and pragmatics in parenthetical insertions in catalan
title_fullStr Prosody and pragmatics in parenthetical insertions in catalan
title_full_unstemmed Prosody and pragmatics in parenthetical insertions in catalan
title_sort Prosody and pragmatics in parenthetical insertions in catalan
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Payà, Marta
author Payà, Marta
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Català
Anàlisi prosòdica (Lingüística)
Catalan language
Prosodic analysis (Linguistics)
topic Català
Anàlisi prosòdica (Lingüística)
Catalan language
Prosodic analysis (Linguistics)
description This paper analyses the role of prosody in parenthetical insertions, a type of structure that is extremely common in both speech and writing. The materials under study come from a corpus of spontaneous speech acts in Central Catalan (with varying degrees of spontaneity) from which a corpus of oral parenthetical insertions has been compiled. The prototypical prosodic features of a parenthetical insertion in Catalan are: prosodic autonomy, limited extension, production in between pauses or final pause, tendency towards acceleration, fall in intensity, lower pitch range and, finally, falling or rising melodic pattern. While the final fall is the most frequent pattern in spontaneous conversations with a high degree of confidence between interlocutors, a final rising structure is found in interviews in which the degree of confidence between participants is smaller, their roles are unequal, and the interviewed constructs a narrative discourse. We thus suggest that the pitch contour of parenthetical insertions is related to formality and discourse typology (in this case, narrative vs. dialogue). Bearing in mind the discursive functions performed by these insertions, we propose a typology which classifies them with regards to two main functions: completion of information, and modalisation.
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