Simard, Candide and Lee, Albert and Mut, Tsz C. and Tamata, Apolonia (2023) Focus prosody in Fijian: In -situ focus marking. [Conference Proceedings]
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This paper presents an acoustic analysis of focus
prosody in Fijian - a verb-first language. We analysed
the pitch (f0), intensity, and duration data of the same
sentence that vary in the position of narrow focus: (i)
initial, (ii) medial, and (iii) final focus, compared to
the neutral focus. Compared with neutral focus, we
found that narrow focus led to a general elevation of
the pitch f0, greater intensity, and longer mean
syllable duration. The only exception is for initial
focus. Initial focus differs from the other two
positions, with shorter mean syllable duration and no
significant difference in intensity with neutral focus.
We used sentences composed solely of juxtaposed
NPs to elicit focus because in a verb-first language,
focus is otherwise often marked by word order.
| Item Type: | Conference Proceedings |
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| 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 00:41 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Jan 2024 00:41 |
| URI: | https://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/14305 |
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