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| Autor(es): |
Frota, Sonia
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Galves, Charlotte
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Vigario, Marina
;
Gonzalez-Lopez, Veronica
;
Abaurre, Bernadete
Número total de Autores: 5
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| Tipo de documento: | Artigo Científico |
| Fonte: | JOURNAL OF HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS; v. 2, n. 2, p. 35-pg., 2012-01-01. |
| Resumo | |
The prosodic change that has been reported to have occurred from Classical to Modern Portuguese is investigated by means of a new approach to the study of rhythm in language change. Assuming that rhythm is a by-product of the presence/absence of a set of properties in a given linguistic system, we computed frequency information on rhythm-related properties from written texts of the 16th to the 19th centuries, by means of the electronic tool FreP. Results show a change in the distributions of properties related to word stress and prosodic word shape after the 16th century, indicating that the prosodic change occurred between the 16th and 17th centuries. A predictive analysis based on Bayesian statistics provided strong support for the timing of the change, and successfully modelled our data showing a timeline consistent with the direction of the prosodic shift towards the integration of stress-timing properties into Romance syllable-timed rhythm. (AU) | |
| Processo FAPESP: | 04/03643-0 - Padrões rítmicos, fixação de parâmetros e mudança lingüística, fase 2 |
| Beneficiário: | Charlotte Marie Chambelland Galves |
| Modalidade de apoio: | Auxílio à Pesquisa - Temático |