Distinct Types of Focus and Wh-Question Intonation
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The prosodic properties of distinct types of focus and wh-interrogatives are compared in Tokyo Japanese (TJ) and South Kyeongsang Korean (SKK). The results of a production study demonstrate that there are limited prosodic differences between the intonation patterns of Informational Focus (IF) and Contrastive Focus (CF) in both languages. Also, it is revealed that the intonational realization of wh-interrogatives differs from that of both types of focus as the former lacks pre-focus pitch compression in TJ, and involves a high flat pitch pattern in SKK. This supports the claim that the prosodic marking of focus and WH are distinct in TJ and SKK.
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