Lexical and Non-lexical Tone and Prosodic Typology

Daniel Hirst (1)

1 LPL - Laboratoire Parole et Langage

Prosodic typology has generally concentrated on those aspects of prosodic representation which are assumed to be represented in the lexicon. It is argued here that non-lexical representation at various levels, underlying phonological, surface phonological and phonetic, can also constitute a basis for prosodic typology. An example is given of a low-level comparison of English and French pitch patterns. A prosodic model integrating these different levels is presented which, it argued can provide a useful tool for the investigation of prosodic typology and for a more robust basis for establishing the more abstract levels including those of lexical representations.

Mots clés: prosodic typology; tone; quantity; accent; intonation

Domaines: Linguistique

Daniel Hirst. Lexical and Non-lexical Tone and Prosodic Typology. Proceedings of International Symposium on Tonal Aspects of Language., Mar 2004, Beijing, China. pp.81-88. ⟨hal-00131443⟩