Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Εφαρμοσμένη Γλωσσολογία. Διδακτική ΓλώσσαςLibrary of the School of Education
Supervisors info:
Επιβλέπουσα καθηγήτρια: Ευγενία Μαγουλά, Αν. καθηγήτρια ΠΤΔΕ-ΕΚΠΑ
Συνεπιβλέπων καθηγητής: Γιώργος Μπαραλής, Αν. καθηγητής ΠΤΔΕ-ΕΚΠΑ
Συνεπιβλέπουσα καθηγήτρια: Γεωργία Κατσούδα, Ερευνήτρια Β' Ακαδημία Αθηνών
Original Title:
«Η διάρκεια των στοιχείων των συλλαβών /en/ και /ne/ σε σχέση με τον ρυθμό ομιλίας, τον λεξικό τόνο, τη θέση της λέξης στην πρόταση και την εστίαση»
Translated title:
Η διάρκεια των στοιχείων των συλλαβών /en/ και /ne/ σε σχέση με τον ρυθμό ομιλίας, τον λεξικό τόνο, τη θέση της λέξης στην πρόταση και την εστίαση.
Summary:
The subject of the present thesis is an experimental investigation of segment durations as a function of syllable structure, lexical stress and focus. The main questions concern both the effects of each of the above prosodic factors on segment durations and the interactions among the above factors. Syllable structure involves reverse phonotactics, i.e. CV and VC, and thus open vs. closed syllable structures in variable syllable unit contexts.
In accordance with research in different languages, including Greek, a variety of hypotheses with reference to segment duration variability has been suggested. Among them, more consonants in syllable onset are correlated with shorter respective durations, open syllable structure is correlated with longer vowel nucleus than closed syllable structure and stressed syllables are correlated with longer consonant onset as well as vowel nucleus. However, despite significant research in many languages, segment temporality as a function of syllable constituency variability has hardly been investigated. To illustrate this, despite the fact that lexical stress has a lengthening effect at syllable level, the effects of lexical stress on different syllable constituents and particularly on syllable coda are hardly known.
For the purpose of the survey, a non-chronometric speech experiment was conducted, in which the participants were asked to read a set of sentences with the target sounds included. The results were analyzed using Praat software.
Analyzing the results, it was found that CV syllable is longer than VC syllable because of its nucleus vowel. Also, onset consonant of CV syllable is longer than coda consonant of VC syllable. It was also found that lexical stress has a lengthening effect on onset consonant and nucleus vowel, but not on coda consonant. Last but not least, it was found that focus application has a temporal effect on vowel’s duration.
Main subject category:
Language – Literature
Keywords:
segment durations, syllable structure, lexical stress, focus, phonotactics
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