Simard, Candide and Lee, Albert and Tamata, Apolonia and Mut, Tsz Ching (2023) Focus prosody in Fijian: A pilot study. [Conference Proceedings]
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This paper presents an acoustic analysis of focus
prosody in Fijian – a verb-first language. Through
analyzing pitch (fo), intensity, and duration data, we
compared (i) VP (i.e. initial) vs. neutral focus, (ii)
subject vs. corrective-subject focus, and (iii) object
vs. corrective-object focus. We found significant onfocus mean fo raising for VP focus, but no post-focus
compression. Significant on-focus shortening of
syllable duration was also observed. Compared with
subject focus, corrective-subject is marked by
significant on-focus increase in intensity and
shortening of syllable duration. No significant
difference between object and corrective-object focus
was observed in the on-focus domain. Our findings
pave the way for future systematic investigations of
Fijian prosody, a currently understudied area in
phonetics
| Item Type: | Conference Proceedings |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts, Law and Education (FALE) > Oceania Centre for Arts, Culture and Pacific Studies |
| Depositing User: | Candide Simard |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Jan 2024 01:20 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Jan 2024 01:20 |
| URI: | https://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/14304 |
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