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PROMINENCE AND INFORMATION STRUCTURE IN PRONUNCIATION TEACHING MATERIALS …
PROMINENCE AND INFORMATION STRUCTURE
IN PRONUNCIATION TEACHING MATERIALS
Form
segmental clarity,
Prominence refers to the greater strength of a word or a syllable compared to other words
or syllables surrounding it within a phonological phrase
intensity
intensity
duration
Function
Prominence at the phrasal level is often identified with the information structure of the
phrase
perception
There are cLieberman (1960) described a system for
deducing lexical stress from acoustics.onflicting answers about which phonetics cues reliably mark prominence.
intensity
duration
There are conflicting answers about which phonetics cues reliably mark prominence.
in Silipo and Greenberg
(1999, 2000), two trained linguists agreed
duration
and intensity are perceived together as a single percept,
INFORMATION STRUCTURE IN TEACHING MATERIALS
In English pronunciation teaching materials, prominence is typically presented as a
required element of prosody
Up to 90% of English phrases in
spontaneous spoken language have prominence in this position (Crystal, 1969)
(1)
I’m going to Argen
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(2)
You’re going to Argen
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pronunciation teaching materials
The cognitive challenges of identifying Given/New in
constructed texts is passed over
Information structure is not always as clear as constructed passages sugges
I lost my umBRELla. What KIND? (What kind has prominence on the final
content word, but is short for What kind of umbrella did you lose? The missing
words after KIND are understood from the original question.)
SENTENCE STRESS ON NEW INFORMATION
Sentence stress is also moved to separate new information from old
information.
A: I bought a new car.
B: What kind of car did you buy? (== What kind?)