Search for dissertations about: "prosodic"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 32 swedish dissertations containing the word prosodic.

  2. 1. Prosodic Phrasing in Spontaneous Swedish

    Author : Petra Hansson; Allmän språkvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; intonation.; spontaneous speech; optimality theory; prominence; grouping; phrasing; Southern Swedish; Swedish; speech planning; speech production; speech perception; prosody; phonology; phonetics; Fonetik; fonologi;

    Abstract : One of the most important functions of prosody is to divide the flow of speech into chunks. The chunking, or prosodic phrasing, of speech plays an important role in both the production and perception of speech. READ MORE

  4. 2. On Prosodic Modification of Speech

    Author : Barbara Resch; Bastiaan Kleijn; Thomas Eriksson; KTH; []
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    Abstract : Prosodic modification has become of major theoretical and practical interest in the field of speech processing research over the last decades. Algorithms for time and pitch scaling are used both for speech modification and for speech synthesis. READ MORE

  5. 3. Mapping prosody onto the lexicon : Memory traces for lexically specified prosodic information in the brain

    Author : Hatice Zora; Mattias Heldner; Iris-Corinna Schwarz; Valéria Csépe; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; lexical access; prosody; neuroimaging; electroencephalography; event-related potentials; memory trace; typology; English; Turkish; Swedish; Linguistics; lingvistik;

    Abstract : Lexical access, the matching of auditory information onto lexical representations in the brain, is a crucial component of online language processing. To understand the nature of lexical access, it is important to identify the kind of acoustic information that is stored in the long-term memory and to study how the brain uses such information. READ MORE

  6. 4. The Intonational Phonology of Stockholm Swedish

    Author : Sara Myrberg; Tomas Riad; Cecilia Falk; Elisabeth Selkirk; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Stockholm Swedish; intonation; phonology; boundary tones; focal accent; prosodic hierarchy; syntax–prosody interface; recursion; Scandinavian languages; Nordiska språk; Scandinavian Languages; nordiska språk;

    Abstract : This thesis develops the phonological model for the Stockholm Swedish intonation system. Though previous research provides a general model of this system, many phonological aspects of it have remained understudied. READ MORE

  7. 5. V1 Declaratives in Spoken Swedish : Syntax, Information Structure, and Prosodic Pattern

    Author : Maria Mörnsjö; tolkning i offentlig sektor och översättning danska och isländska Avdelningen för svenska; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Scandinavian languages and literature; spoken language; perception test; dynamicity; downstep; F0 slope; focal accent; narrative; discourse; topic; cohesion; V2; V1; prosody; information structure; declarative; Spec-CP; Nordiska språk språk och litteratur ; Grammar; semantics; semiotics; syntax; Grammatik; semantik; semiotik;

    Abstract : The topic of the present thesis is V1 declaratives in spoken Swedish. Such constructions constitute an interesting object for research due to the fact that Swedish is a V2 language where V1 word order is grammaticalized for yes/no questions. Hitherto we have lacked a thorough study of the phenomenon. READ MORE