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Aljutaily, Mohammad – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2021
This study describes the prosodic and functional patterns of the particle "t?ayb[superscript 2]" in Spoken Saudi Arabic (SSA; the variety of Arabic spoken in Saudi Arabia) through phonetic and conversational analysis. This particle, literally meaning "good/well/okay," is one of the most common spoken particles used in SSA. Data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Suprasegmentals, Semitic Languages, Dialects
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Ayieta Ondondo, Emily – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2020
In a language, certain phenomena are sensitive to specific prosodic domains. In a model of morphology-syntax-phonology interaction in which morphological and syntactic structure projects phonological domains belonging to a set hierarchy, each phonological process refers to a specific level of that hierarchy. Therefore, describing a phonological…
Descriptors: Intonation, Suprasegmentals, Syntax, Morphology (Languages)
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Bazarbayeva, Z. M.; Amanbayeva, A. Zh.; Zhumabayeva, Zh. T.; Zhalalova, A. M. – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2021
Speech discourse is the communication between people, that is, the speaker seeks to influence the recipient in a conversation, using deep thoughts and meaningful words, expecting to receive a response from the addressee. In modern Kazakh linguistics, speech discourse is being explored in various ways as a reflection of people's relationships and…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Discourse Analysis, Pragmatics, Intonation
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Marchenko, Valentyna – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2020
In the present research we look into the mechanisms which facilitate integrated functioning of speech and music components within a song. To understand the underlying mechanisms of such interaction we investigate poems set to music, analyzing the components of both speech and music intonation. The study is performed within the scope of Speech…
Descriptors: Intonation, Speech Communication, Singing, Poetry
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Sürüç Sen, Nur – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2021
When it comes to paying attention to the suprasegmental features of their speech, most learners of English seem to be unaware that such phenomena as stress, pitch, duration, and pausing can be of great importance regarding mutual intelligibility. Since they carry a considerable weight of establishing an intelligible conversation, it is argued that…
Descriptors: Intonation, Language Rhythm, Suprasegmentals, Turkish
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Hu, H. C. Marcella – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2015
Over the past two decades the concept of semantic prosody has attracted considerable research interest since Sinclair (1991) observed that "many uses of words and phrases show a tendency to occur in a certain semantic environment" (p. 112). Sinclair (2003) also noted that semantic prosody conveys its pragmatic meaning and attitudinal…
Descriptors: Semantics, Intonation, Suprasegmentals, Form Classes (Languages)