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Total Authors: 2
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| Affiliation: | [1] Sao Paulo State Univ, Sao Paulo - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 1
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | JOURNAL OF PORTUGUESE LINGUISTICS; v. 20, JUN 10 2021. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 0 |
| Abstract | |
In this paper, syllable duration (Vowel-to-Vowel unit) and F0 variation are analyzed as cues to distinguish the prosodization of prepositional clitic-host sequence from a syllable within a prosodic word in Brazilian Portuguese (BP). A production task was created to assess 1) whether the syllable production time helps to identify a clitic boundary and a word boundary and 2) whether the F0 configuration aligned to a clitic syllable differs from the F0 configuration aligned to a syllable in a word boundary. The results show that: 1) the syllable duration measurement supports the hypothesis that there is no distinction between prepositional clitics and a syllable which is part of a prosodic word (PW); 2) the pitch range of tonal events associated to the syllable that bears the PW boundary differs from that associated to the syllables that bear a clitic-host sequence boundary. Based on these results we argued that the prepositional clitics are prosodized as a syllable adjoined to its host. This interpretation leads us to suggest that the relevant domain for prepositional clitic prosodization is between PW and PPh (Phonological Phrase) in BP. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 14/18050-7 - The non-conventional written of phonological clitics in word boundaries |
| Grantee: | Lilian Maria da Silva |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |
| FAPESP's process: | 15/23238-8 - Prosodization investigation monosyllabic prepositions of Brazilian Portuguese |
| Grantee: | Lilian Maria da Silva |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate |