| ROA: | 776 |
| Title: | Evidence for phonological constraints on nuclear accent placement. |
| Authors: | James German, Janet Pierrehumbert, Stefan Kaufmann |
| Comment: | NOTE: This paper will appear in LANGUAGE (Journal of the Linguistic Society of America), March 2006 (Vol. 82.1). This is a pre-publication draft -- the final published version will be somewhat different and will be the official form (of record) for this |
| Length: | 24 |
| Abstract: | The role of information structure and context on nuclear accent placement is called into question. This paper presents the results of a production study showing that phonologically weak words may resist nuclear accents even under narrow focus. The study also reveals a significant degree of inter- as well as intra-speaker variability. It is shown that a modification of the system of constraints proposed in Schwarzchild (1999) can account for the new data. |
| Type: | Paper/tech report |
| Area/Keywords: | Phonology,Syntax,Semantics |
| Article: | This article has been withdrawn. |
