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PROMINENCE AND INFORMATION STRUCTURE IN PRONUNCIATION TEACHING MATERIALS …
PROMINENCE AND INFORMATION STRUCTURE
IN PRONUNCIATION TEACHING MATERIALS
Prominence
Form
Function
perception
Function
words that lack prominence are typically considered given in the prior
discourse, or anaphorically recoverable (Schwarzchild, 1999)
The relationship between
prominence and information structure is typically strong in rightmost prominent words
(words that bear nuclear accents) in the phrase
Form
Prominence in English can be phonetically marked in
many ways. The most common acoustic cues to prominence are fundamental frequency
(f0), duration, intensity, segmental clarity, and any combination of these features.
Duration
segmental clarity,
intensity
Perception
he synthesis experiments by Turk and Sawusch (1996) suggested that duration
and intensity are perceived together as a single percept, although the results of their rating
scale experiment indicated that intensity does not significantly contribute to perceived
intensity
duration
Pronunciation involves both cognitive and procedural knowledge
S
Old information is what the speaker assumes the listener already
knows, either because it was just mentioned in a previous sentence or because it
is part of the physical situation
Teacher: This is a difficult test. (== This test is difficult.)
The teacher has the test in her hands, so it's known or old information.