Lin, Phoebe.

The Prosody of Formulaic Sequences : A Corpus and Discourse Approach. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (248 pages) - Corpus and Discourse Series . - Corpus and Discourse Series .

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Formulaic Language: An Overview -- 3. Can We Identify Formulaic Language Based on Prosodic Cues? -- 4. Study One: Do Formulaic Sequences Align with Intonation Units? -- 5. Study Two: A Comprehensive Profile of the Intonation, Stress and Rhythm of Formulaic Language -- 6. Study Three: A Multimodal Approach to the Identification of Formulaic Language by Native Speaker Judgement -- 7. Conclusions: The Prosody of Formulaic Language -- Appendix 1: Information on the Pilot Study -- Appendix 2: The Instructions Used in Various Sessions of the Pilot Study -- Appendix 3: Screenshots of the Interactive PowerPoint Interface with Integrated Audio Playback -- Appendix 4: The Task Booklet for the Native Speaker Judgement Process -- Appendix 5: Instructions for Prosodic Transcribers -- Appendix 6: Prosodic Transcription of Text W -- Appendix 7: Formulaic Sequences Assigned the Maximum Confidence Score in Text W -- Appendix 8: The Duration of the Task for each Native Speaker Judge -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Author Index -- Subject Index.

9781441132512


Prosodic analysis (Linguistics).
Oral-formulaic analysis.
Linguistic analysis (Linguistics).
Linguistic models.


Electronic books.

P224 .L36 2018

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