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SUMMARY:On the phonetics and phonology of English H* and L+H* pitch accent
 s - Amalia Arvaniti (Radboud University)
DTSTART:20210318T163000Z
DTEND:20210318T180000Z
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CONTACT:Tim Laméris
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 CT*\n\nIn this talk I present early results from SPRINT (ERC-ADG-835263) t
 hat examine the accentual contrast between H✴︎ and L+H✴︎. This con
 trast has long been disputed in the literature on English intonation. Some
  argue that the two pitch accents are distinct\, with H✴︎ (realized as
  high pitch) typically used to highlight new information\, while L+H✴︎
  (realized as a pitch rise) is used to highlight contrastive information. 
 Others\, however\, argue that the noticeable rise of the L+H✴︎ is an e
 piphenomenon of added emphasis that results in increased pitch span\, and 
 thus that the distinction is not contrastive or related to information str
 ucture. Resolving this controversy is important for the description of Eng
 lish intonation and has repercussions both for understanding the relation 
 between categorial and gradient aspects of F0 use\, and the role of intona
 tion in encoding information structure. I will present results from script
 ed and unscripted speech elicited from eight SSBE speakers and show that t
 hey support an analysis based on a phonological contrast between H✴︎ a
 nd L+H✴︎. In addition\, I will show how using Functional Principal Com
 ponent Analysis (fPCA) to understand variation in F0 while also investigat
 ing the role of additional parameters (such as duration and energy) can he
 lp us draw informed conclusions about phonological categories of intonatio
 n and their phonetic realization. More generally\, these findings help she
 d light on the relation between the phonetics and phonology of intonation 
 and suggest a path towards disentangling linguistic from paralinguistic as
 pects of F0 use.
LOCATION:Online
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