1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463747303321

Autore

Baumann Stefan

Titolo

The intonation of givenness : evidence from German / / Stefan Baumann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tübingen : , : Niemeyer, , 2006

ISBN

3-11-092120-0

Edizione

[Reprint 2012]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (197 p.)

Collana

Linguistische Arbeiten, , 0344-6727 ; ; 508

Disciplina

197

Soggetti

Intonation (Phonetics)

German language - Intonation

Discourse analysis

Semantics

Pragmatics

Cognition

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universität, Saarbrücken, 2005.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-181).

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Background -- 3 Corpus Analysis -- 4 Experiments -- 5 A Model of Intonation and Givenness -- 6 Summary and Outlook -- Bibliography -- Lebenslauf

Sommario/riassunto

This book addresses students and researchers of both phonetics and phonology, and the semantics and pragmatics of discourse. It employs an autosegmental-metrical model of intonation to investigate the marking of aspects of information structure, concentrating on the Given-New dimension. It begins with an overview of the state of the art in the areas of intonation and information structure, and, since the term 'Givenness' has been used in the literature in diverging ways, provides a model of 'Givenness proper', focusing on the cognitive states of discourse referents, and how these states are expressed through the choice of words and their prosody. The empirical evidence provided here is based on German. It comprises the analysis of a read corpus and two perception experiments which show that the dichotomy



of 'accented' versus 'unaccented' corresponding to 'New' versus 'Given' information is inadequate. In fact, there is evidence that a range of pitch accent types (including deaccentuation) can be mapped onto the gradient scale of Givenness degrees, with the pitch height on the accented syllable being the determining factor.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996394165503316

Autore

Indagine Johannes ab <d. 1537.>

Titolo

The book of palmestry and physiognomy [[electronic resource] ] : Being brief introductions, both natural, pleasant, and delectable, unto the art of chiromancy, or manual divination, and physiognomy: with circumstances upon the faces of the signes. Also, canons or rules upon diseases, or sicknesses. Whereunto is also annexed, as well the artificial as naturall astrologie, with the nature of the planets. Written in Latine, by John Indagine priest, and translated into English by Fabian Withers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : printed by R. Ibbitson, for Ed. Blackmore, at the Angel in Paul's Church yard, 1656

Descrizione fisica

[224] p. : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

WithersFabian

Soggetti

Palmistry

Astrology

Physiognomy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

A translation, by Fabian Withers, of: Johannes Indagine's 'Chiromantia'.

The last leaf is blank.

Signatures: A-O.

Reproduction of original in the Christ Church Library, Oxford.

Sommario/riassunto

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