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Danish stød: laryngealization or tone.
Nina Grønnum1, Miguel Vazquez-Larruscaín, Hans Basbøll
1University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Phonetica
|October 26, 2013
Summary
This study challenges the tonal theory of Danish stød (a laryngeal prosody). Findings suggest stød is not a fixed tonal pattern but an autonomous syllable feature, consistent across dialects.
Area of Science:
- Phonetics and Phonology
- Linguistic Prosody
- Acoustic Analysis
Background:
- Previous acoustic analyses of Danish stød and intonation.
- Two competing phonological theories for Danish stød: autonomous laryngeal prosody vs. compressed HL tonal pattern.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the validity of the HL tonal pattern theory for Danish stød.
- To provide evidence supporting or refuting the autonomous laryngeal prosody theory.
Main Methods:
- Comparative analysis of phonological theories against phonetic data.
- Examination of stød's behavior in inflection, derivation, compounds, and across regional varieties.
Main Results:
- The HL tonal representation contradicts phonetic reality and fails to explain structural alternations and compound stød.
- Danish stød patterns are consistent across regional varieties, unlike variable tonal patterns.
Conclusions:
- Danish stød is best understood as an autonomous laryngeal syllable prosody, not a fixed HL tonal pattern.
- The variability of tonal configurations underlying stød supports its independent prosodic nature.
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