Post-focal and factive deaccentuation in Persian

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Carlos Gussenhoven¹  Toni Rietveld¹  Hamed Rahmani¹ 

[1] Department of linguistics, Radboud University Nijmegen, 6500 HD Nijmegen;

关键词: accent;    deaccentuation;    focus;    post-focus compression;    factivity;    presupposition;    Persian;   

DOI  :  10.5334/gjgl.328

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Two experiments were carried out to examine whether the Persian word accent is deleted in two putative deaccenting contexts, post-focal regions and presupposed embedded clauses, to the extent that accentual minimal pairs become homophonous. A production experiment showed low F0 plateaus on the post-focal and presupposed words, while a perception experiment showed that such words are not recognized above a just-noticeable-difference baseline. The results confirm that accents are deleted in the contexts concerned and that accent location contrasts are neutralized.

【 授权许可】

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