Intonation and Stress Evidence from Hungarian
This is the first comprehensive account of Hungarian stress and intonation to appear in English. The emphasis is on description, but a large number of theoretical issues are also dealt with in an original way. Hungarian is a Uralic or Finno-Ugric language
- PDF / 1,457,459 Bytes
- 245 Pages / 340.158 x 558.425 pts Page_size
- 56 Downloads / 177 Views
This page intentionally left blank
Intonation and Stress Evidence from Hungarian László Varga
© László Varga 2002
Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2002 978-0-333-97370-7 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2002 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries.
ISBN 978-1-349-42976-9
ISBN 978-0-230-50582-7 (eBook)
DOI 10.1057/9780230505827 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Varga, László, 1943– Intonation and stress : evidence from Hungarian / László Varga. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Hungarian language—Intonation. accentuation. I. Title. PH2139.5 .V36 2002 494′.51115—dc21
2. Hungarian language —Accents and
2001058215 10 11
9 10
8 7 09 08
6 07
5 06
4 05
3 2 04 03
1 02
Contents ix
List of Tables
x
Acknowledgements List of Intonational Transcription Symbols
xi
Other Symbols and Abbreviations
xiii
Hungarian Letter-to-Sound Correspondences
xvi
1 Introduction 1.1 Aims and scope 1.2 Theoretical assumptions 1.2.1 Melodic prosodemes as meaningful wholes 1.2.2 Syntax–phonology mapping 1.2.3 The syntactic model chosen 1.3 Sources 1.4 Past work on Hungarian stress and intonation
1 1 4 4 5 10 12 13
PART I
INTONATION
2 Intonation, Paralanguage, Prosody 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Prosodic devices and intonation 2.2.1 Intonation as part of prosody 2.2.2 Prosodic limits 2.2.3 Paralinguistic variations 2.3 The functions of intonation 2.3.1 The types of intonational functions 2.3.2 The attitudinal functions of intonation 2.3.3 The grammatical functions of intonation 2.3.4 The primacy of melodic prosodemes 2.3.5 Other groupings of intonational functions 2.4 Summary
19 19 19 19 21 22 22 22 23 24 29 29 31
3 A Taxonomic Analysis of Hungarian Intonation 3
Data Loading...
