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Danish stød: laryngealization or tone.

Nina Grønnum1, Miguel Vazquez-Larruscaín, Hans Basbøll

  • 1University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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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.

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  • 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.