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HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Aug 10, 2015

In Neapolitan Italian, nuclear rises are later in yes/no questions (L*+H) than in narrow focus st... more In Neapolitan Italian, nuclear rises are later in yes/no questions (L*+H) than in narrow focus statements (L+H*). Also, the H target is later in closed syllable items than in open syllable ones. In three identification tasks, we found that, when stimuli are ambiguous between questions and statements, listeners exploit the information on the precise alignment within the syllable to identify sentence type. This effect depends on durational constraints, i.e., the perceptual location of the H target is calculated relative to the actual duration of the vowel. Our results suggest that phonetic variability plays a role in shaping intonational categories and support models in which segmental and prosodic information are processed in a parallel fashion.

One of the most studied phonetic dimensions differentiating pitch accent categories is tonal alig... more One of the most studied phonetic dimensions differentiating pitch accent categories is tonal alignment. However, when acoustic alignment data are broken down by individual patterns, one can notice great differences both in the size of the contrast as well as in the dispersion of the temporal values. Moreover, speakers appear to compensate for weaker alignment differences by enhancing shape differences in the contour, such as rise/fall slope. Here we present production data in two languages, German and Italian, for well-established pitch accent contrasts. Our data suggest that the speakers" behavior can be represented on a continuum from most extreme "aligners" to "shapers".

Language and Speech, Dec 1, 2005

for useful feedback. Special thanks go to Gorka Elordieta, José Ignacio Hualde, Giovanna Marotta ... more for useful feedback. Special thanks go to Gorka Elordieta, José Ignacio Hualde, Giovanna Marotta and Carlos Gussenhoven for their comments and suggestions on a first draft of the paper. Finally, we are really grateful to the editor of this volume, Paul Warren, and the two reviewers, Sónia Frota and Bob Ladd, for their comments, which have helped to greatly improve the quality of the paper.

This chapter reviews the prosodic systems and intonational phonology of a group of Southern Europ... more This chapter reviews the prosodic systems and intonational phonology of a group of Southern European languages: Italian, French, Greek, and Maltese. It describes their stress, phrasing, rhythm, and intonational phonology, with particular attention to phono logically informed experimental work. In the case of Italian, given the lack of a spoken standard (which is only used by professional speakers) and the descriptions of quite a number of varieties (e.g. Bari, Florence, Naples, Palermo, Pisa, and Rome, inter alia), this review highlights common prosodic and phrasing features first, and subsequently covers any definable variety-specific intonational features. For French, the survey focuses on hexagonal French, while Athenian Greek is the representative variety for Greek, with some excursions into regional varieties. For Maltese, the chapter only focuses on its stan dard.

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Dec 14, 2020

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), May 1, 2010

This paper addresses the issue of tonal perception as it relates to special configurations, i.e. ... more This paper addresses the issue of tonal perception as it relates to special configurations, i.e. fundamental frequency (F0) plateaux. We here review a series of perceptual experiments in two different languages, Italian (Naples and Pisa variety) and German. A subset of the auditory stimuli employed in these studies contained a high F0 plateau, which had to be either identified for a specific tonal category or matched to a previous context. The results show a tendency, for all languages, to match a pitch accent category having a late H peak target to plateau stimuli, which might be due to a universal auditory integration mechanism. This has consequences for intonation models, since the relationship between dynamic characteristics of accentual contours and tonal target location is complex and not always immediately identifiable with turning points.

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), May 22, 2012

ABSTRACT A basic constituent of French intonation is the Accentual Phrase (AP), which includes tw... more ABSTRACT A basic constituent of French intonation is the Accentual Phrase (AP), which includes two distinct tonal events: a final LH* accentual rise and an initial LHi rise. A previous study had shown a difference between the rising movements according to the the position of the AP within the intonational phrase (IP): prenuclear (P, IP-initial) versus nuclear (N, IP-final). The present paper explains this difference through the occurrence of a LHi in P position which does not occur in N position. Specifically, we tested whether LHi can occur adjacent to LH* within the AP and whether the occurrence of LHi triggers initial strengthening of the onset consonant independent of its status (as a liaison consonant or not). Four native speakers of French read target words varying as to their distribution within the intonation phrase as well as to the segmental nature of the target syllable onset (/k/ onset versus /z/ liaison). Results confirm that LHi can be immediately adjacent to LH* within the AP, but only in P position and that the height of its H target is influenced by onset consonant type. The results are discuss relative to the phonological status of the initial rise and the phonological structure of the nuclear pitch accent in our data.

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), 2018

Developmental Science, Jul 12, 2021

Previous evidence suggests that children's mastery of prosodic modulations to signal the informat... more Previous evidence suggests that children's mastery of prosodic modulations to signal the informational status of discourse referents emerges quite late in development. In the present study, we investigate the children's use of head gestures as it compares to prosodic cues to signal a referent as being contrastive relative to a set of possible alternatives. A group of French-speaking pre-schoolers were audiovisually recorded while playing in a semi-spontaneous but controlled production task, to elicit target words in the context of broad focus, contrastive focus, or corrective focus utterances. We analysed the acoustic features of the target words (syllable duration and word-level pitch range), as well as the head gesture features accompanying these target words (head gesture type, alignment patterns with speech). We found that children's production of head gestures, but not their use of either syllable duration or word-level pitch range, was affected by focus condition. Children mostly aligned head gestures with relevant speech units, especially when the target word was in phrase-final position. Moreover, the presence of a head gesture was linked to greater syllable duration patterns in all focus conditions. Our results show that (a) 4-and 5-year-old French-speaking children use head gestures rather than prosodic cues to mark the informational status of discourse referents, (b) the use of head gestures may gradually entrain the production of adult-like prosodic features, and that (c) head gestures with no referential relation with speech may serve a linguistic structuring function in communication, at least during language development.

Speech prosody, May 23, 2022

The paper provides a preliminary, qualitative examination of the prosody of Neapolitan dialect (N... more The paper provides a preliminary, qualitative examination of the prosody of Neapolitan dialect (ND) as it relates to Neapolitan Italian variety (NI). Taking NI as baseline for comparison, ND data seem characterized by several phoneticphonological strategies to enhance prosodic prominence, suggesting that phonetic parameters have a larger and more dynamic range of variation in ND than in NI. The data also highlight the interlacement between rhythmic, metric, and intonational facts, and the importance of sociolinguistic factors in shaping prosody. In particular, the larger variability of phonetic parameters observed in ND is likely to index dialectal speech as socially marked. We identify several prosodic discrepancies between ND and NI involving gradient features and tonal organization that call for further investigation. Future studies need to examine such differences in relation to sociolinguistic factors and consider the range of prosodic variation between Italian varieties and dialects spontaneously used by less linguistically-informed speaker. To strongly support our proposal, a larger sample of speakers is required.

Laboratory Phonology, 2016

This study uses dialect imitation across typologically different prosodic systems to explore the ... more This study uses dialect imitation across typologically different prosodic systems to explore the type of phonetic detail that is accessible from recently experienced intonation patterns. Specifically, Singapore English (SgE) speakers imitated Yes/No questions produced by an American English (AmE) speaker. Although both varieties use a final rising contour in this context, the AmE contour involves a rightward inflection (S-like curvature), while the SgE contour is concave. We therefore used a 3rd-order polynomial fitting analysis to compare the degree of inflection in the SgE baseline tokens, the AmE contour, and the imitation tokens. The SgE speakers were clearly able to approximate the overall f0 scaling of the AmE pattern across different regions of the contour, however, they showed no robust tendency to approximate the higher order shape of the contour. This suggests that speakers could not hear the shape differences due to perceptual assimilation effects, in which case the imita...

Recent studies have investigated phonetic and phonological direct dialect imitation in intonation... more Recent studies have investigated phonetic and phonological direct dialect imitation in intonation, though no study has yet explored metrical convergence. In this study we therefore test the assumption that speakers of standard French can mimic the metrical properties of a Southern French variety, having a different foot structure, by inserting a schwa either in word-final or in word-medial position. In line with our hypothesis, Standard French speakers were able to produce a greater number of schwas in the Imitation phase, with the result of inserting a weak syllable. Moreover, the effect was stronger word-medially, which we explain through a phonological constraint preventing a left headed foot to appear in word-final position.

The Italian language is characterized by an extremely strong phonetic and phonological variation ... more The Italian language is characterized by an extremely strong phonetic and phonological variation that differentiates the language across space, communicative situations, social groups and socio-economic classes, and means of communication (Berruto 2010, 2012). In this chapter, we consider the phonetic and phonological variation at the intonational and prosodic level as it is found in the varieties of Italian, that is, in the official language of Italy as spoken by speakers with different regional accents. In particular, we focus on varieties of Italian spoken in most of the areas identified in previous dialectological studies. One of the possible cartographic representations of the distribution and differentiation of the dialetti spoken in Italy is shown in Fig. 5.1. As the map shows, a usual distinction is made between the Romance dialetti spoken northern than the line connecting La Spezia and Rimini (Walter von Wartburg (1936 [1950]) that reflects a bundle if isoglosses differenti...

Laboratory Phonology: Journal of the Association for Laboratory Phonology, 2020

The paper investigates the interplay between intonational cues and individual variability in the ... more The paper investigates the interplay between intonational cues and individual variability in the perceptual assessment of speakers' epistemic bias in Salerno Italian yes-no questions. We present a perception experiment in which we manipulated pitch span within the nuclear configuration (both nuclear accent and boundary tone) to predict degree of perceived positive bias (i.e., expected positive answer) to yes-no question stimuli. Our results show that a wider pitch span within the nuclear region predicts a higher degree of perceived positive bias, while negative bias is predicted by narrow pitch span. Crucially, though, two interacting sources of listener variability were uncovered, i.e., prolonged exposure to a non-native dialect as well as degree of empathy (i.e., Empathy Quotient, EQ). Exposure to non-native phonological systems was found to affect the way pitch span is mapped onto perceived epistemic bias, through category interference, though mediated by EQ levels. Specifically, high-empathy listeners were more affected by degree of non-native dialect exposure. EQ scores were hence found to have an effect on gradual span manipulation by interacting with the dialect exposure effect. These results advance our understanding of the intonation-meaning mapping by taking into account both the impact of gradual phonetic cues on meaning processing as well as uncovering sources of cognitive variability at the perceiver's level.

Memory & Cognition, 2020

Evaluación económica sobre las ventas del sector gastronómico después de una ley de ambientes 100... more Evaluación económica sobre las ventas del sector gastronómico después de una ley de ambientes 100% libres de humo en una provincia argentina.

Language and Speech, 2019

While many studies have demonstrated the relationship between musical rhythm and speech prosody, ... more While many studies have demonstrated the relationship between musical rhythm and speech prosody, this has been rarely addressed in the context of second language (L2) acquisition. Here, we investigated whether musical rhythmic skills and the production of L2 speech prosody are predictive of one another. We tested both musical and linguistic rhythmic competences of 23 native French speakers of L2 English. Participants completed perception and production music and language tests. In the prosody production test, sentences containing trisyllabic words with either a prominence on the first or on the second syllable were heard and had to be reproduced. Participants were less accurate in reproducing penultimate accent placement. Moreover, the accuracy in reproducing phonologically disfavored stress patterns was best predicted by rhythm production abilities. Our results show, for the first time, that better reproduction of musical rhythmic sequences is predictive of a more successful realiz...

Langue française, 2016

Cet article a pour objectif d’expliciter le lien direct qui existe entre les travaux en prosodie ... more Cet article a pour objectif d’expliciter le lien direct qui existe entre les travaux en prosodie menes aujourd’hui a Aix-en-Provence et les travaux qui ont ete conduits depuis les annees 70 par ce que l’on appelait alors « l’Ecole d’Aix en Prosodie ». Ce lien sera etabli au moyen de trois notions principales : les notions de cible tonale, de constituance prosodique et d’interface entre la prosodie et les autres niveaux de la grammaire.

Laboratory Phonology, 2016

This special collection consists of papers inspired by topics covered in two different workshops ... more This special collection consists of papers inspired by topics covered in two different workshops addressing the challenge of prosodic transcription for research in spoken language sciences and for the development of computer speech technologies. At the heart of this collection are discussions of the phonological assumptions behind current approaches to prosodic transcription, the choice of discrete units and their granularity, the consequences of adopting a phonetically transparent transcription system, and the challenges of transcribing under-described languages. This collection of papers aims to foster further discussion on cross-linguistic prosodic transcription and the levels of linguistic analysis required by this enterprise. The contributions included in this collection represent different positions on a spectrum going from advocating the need for a broad phonetic transcription of intonation and an accompanying International Phonetic Alphabet (see the Hualde and Prieto contribution), to the idea that the main purpose of a prosodic transcription is to capture phonological contrast (see Arvaniti's and Frota's contributions). Specifically, in her invited paper, Arvaniti points to the need to stay close to the contrastive principle especially when it comes to analyzing highly variable data coming from understudied languages. At the heart of her paper, examples drawn from Romani serve to illustrate the point. Specifically, Arvaniti advances the argument by which analytical decisions concerning the analysis of intonation in highly variable data cannot separate phonetic form from (pragmatic) meaning and function. The author argues that the best practice would start with the simplest analysis, which would then be optionally enriched only if additional and compelling evidence becomes available. On the other hand, Hualde and Prieto start from the perspective that two levels of transcription should be favored, i.e., a broad phonetic level together with the more traditional AM phonological level. The authors argue, in particular, that the benefits of using a broad phonetic level of transcription (such as transparency in the use of labels) are widely accepted in the community when it comes to segmental transcription. The issue of "portability" of a set of commonly agreed upon labels and of analytical accuracy is also discussed. Hualde and Prieto underline the fact that their proposal is not entirely new, given that a level of broad phonetic transcription had been previously proposed by other authors especially to facilitate typological comparison. Suggesting the use of a full-fledged International Prosodic Alphabet (IPrA) is at the heart of their proposal, though departing from existing IPA symbols and diacritics. The problem of variability in intonational realization and the challenges that this represents for the analyst is seen as calling for a different answer for Cole and Shattuck-Hufnagel. In this contribution, the authors argue for the usefulness of two new transcription methodologies, i.e., Rapid Prosodic Transcription (RPT) and cue specification. Specifically, while

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Aug 10, 2015

In Neapolitan Italian, nuclear rises are later in yes/no questions (L*+H) than in narrow focus st... more In Neapolitan Italian, nuclear rises are later in yes/no questions (L*+H) than in narrow focus statements (L+H*). Also, the H target is later in closed syllable items than in open syllable ones. In three identification tasks, we found that, when stimuli are ambiguous between questions and statements, listeners exploit the information on the precise alignment within the syllable to identify sentence type. This effect depends on durational constraints, i.e., the perceptual location of the H target is calculated relative to the actual duration of the vowel. Our results suggest that phonetic variability plays a role in shaping intonational categories and support models in which segmental and prosodic information are processed in a parallel fashion.

One of the most studied phonetic dimensions differentiating pitch accent categories is tonal alig... more One of the most studied phonetic dimensions differentiating pitch accent categories is tonal alignment. However, when acoustic alignment data are broken down by individual patterns, one can notice great differences both in the size of the contrast as well as in the dispersion of the temporal values. Moreover, speakers appear to compensate for weaker alignment differences by enhancing shape differences in the contour, such as rise/fall slope. Here we present production data in two languages, German and Italian, for well-established pitch accent contrasts. Our data suggest that the speakers" behavior can be represented on a continuum from most extreme "aligners" to "shapers".

Language and Speech, Dec 1, 2005

for useful feedback. Special thanks go to Gorka Elordieta, José Ignacio Hualde, Giovanna Marotta ... more for useful feedback. Special thanks go to Gorka Elordieta, José Ignacio Hualde, Giovanna Marotta and Carlos Gussenhoven for their comments and suggestions on a first draft of the paper. Finally, we are really grateful to the editor of this volume, Paul Warren, and the two reviewers, Sónia Frota and Bob Ladd, for their comments, which have helped to greatly improve the quality of the paper.

This chapter reviews the prosodic systems and intonational phonology of a group of Southern Europ... more This chapter reviews the prosodic systems and intonational phonology of a group of Southern European languages: Italian, French, Greek, and Maltese. It describes their stress, phrasing, rhythm, and intonational phonology, with particular attention to phono logically informed experimental work. In the case of Italian, given the lack of a spoken standard (which is only used by professional speakers) and the descriptions of quite a number of varieties (e.g. Bari, Florence, Naples, Palermo, Pisa, and Rome, inter alia), this review highlights common prosodic and phrasing features first, and subsequently covers any definable variety-specific intonational features. For French, the survey focuses on hexagonal French, while Athenian Greek is the representative variety for Greek, with some excursions into regional varieties. For Maltese, the chapter only focuses on its stan dard.

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Dec 14, 2020

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), May 1, 2010

This paper addresses the issue of tonal perception as it relates to special configurations, i.e. ... more This paper addresses the issue of tonal perception as it relates to special configurations, i.e. fundamental frequency (F0) plateaux. We here review a series of perceptual experiments in two different languages, Italian (Naples and Pisa variety) and German. A subset of the auditory stimuli employed in these studies contained a high F0 plateau, which had to be either identified for a specific tonal category or matched to a previous context. The results show a tendency, for all languages, to match a pitch accent category having a late H peak target to plateau stimuli, which might be due to a universal auditory integration mechanism. This has consequences for intonation models, since the relationship between dynamic characteristics of accentual contours and tonal target location is complex and not always immediately identifiable with turning points.

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), May 22, 2012

ABSTRACT A basic constituent of French intonation is the Accentual Phrase (AP), which includes tw... more ABSTRACT A basic constituent of French intonation is the Accentual Phrase (AP), which includes two distinct tonal events: a final LH* accentual rise and an initial LHi rise. A previous study had shown a difference between the rising movements according to the the position of the AP within the intonational phrase (IP): prenuclear (P, IP-initial) versus nuclear (N, IP-final). The present paper explains this difference through the occurrence of a LHi in P position which does not occur in N position. Specifically, we tested whether LHi can occur adjacent to LH* within the AP and whether the occurrence of LHi triggers initial strengthening of the onset consonant independent of its status (as a liaison consonant or not). Four native speakers of French read target words varying as to their distribution within the intonation phrase as well as to the segmental nature of the target syllable onset (/k/ onset versus /z/ liaison). Results confirm that LHi can be immediately adjacent to LH* within the AP, but only in P position and that the height of its H target is influenced by onset consonant type. The results are discuss relative to the phonological status of the initial rise and the phonological structure of the nuclear pitch accent in our data.

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), 2018

Developmental Science, Jul 12, 2021

Previous evidence suggests that children's mastery of prosodic modulations to signal the informat... more Previous evidence suggests that children's mastery of prosodic modulations to signal the informational status of discourse referents emerges quite late in development. In the present study, we investigate the children's use of head gestures as it compares to prosodic cues to signal a referent as being contrastive relative to a set of possible alternatives. A group of French-speaking pre-schoolers were audiovisually recorded while playing in a semi-spontaneous but controlled production task, to elicit target words in the context of broad focus, contrastive focus, or corrective focus utterances. We analysed the acoustic features of the target words (syllable duration and word-level pitch range), as well as the head gesture features accompanying these target words (head gesture type, alignment patterns with speech). We found that children's production of head gestures, but not their use of either syllable duration or word-level pitch range, was affected by focus condition. Children mostly aligned head gestures with relevant speech units, especially when the target word was in phrase-final position. Moreover, the presence of a head gesture was linked to greater syllable duration patterns in all focus conditions. Our results show that (a) 4-and 5-year-old French-speaking children use head gestures rather than prosodic cues to mark the informational status of discourse referents, (b) the use of head gestures may gradually entrain the production of adult-like prosodic features, and that (c) head gestures with no referential relation with speech may serve a linguistic structuring function in communication, at least during language development.

Speech prosody, May 23, 2022

The paper provides a preliminary, qualitative examination of the prosody of Neapolitan dialect (N... more The paper provides a preliminary, qualitative examination of the prosody of Neapolitan dialect (ND) as it relates to Neapolitan Italian variety (NI). Taking NI as baseline for comparison, ND data seem characterized by several phoneticphonological strategies to enhance prosodic prominence, suggesting that phonetic parameters have a larger and more dynamic range of variation in ND than in NI. The data also highlight the interlacement between rhythmic, metric, and intonational facts, and the importance of sociolinguistic factors in shaping prosody. In particular, the larger variability of phonetic parameters observed in ND is likely to index dialectal speech as socially marked. We identify several prosodic discrepancies between ND and NI involving gradient features and tonal organization that call for further investigation. Future studies need to examine such differences in relation to sociolinguistic factors and consider the range of prosodic variation between Italian varieties and dialects spontaneously used by less linguistically-informed speaker. To strongly support our proposal, a larger sample of speakers is required.

Laboratory Phonology, 2016

This study uses dialect imitation across typologically different prosodic systems to explore the ... more This study uses dialect imitation across typologically different prosodic systems to explore the type of phonetic detail that is accessible from recently experienced intonation patterns. Specifically, Singapore English (SgE) speakers imitated Yes/No questions produced by an American English (AmE) speaker. Although both varieties use a final rising contour in this context, the AmE contour involves a rightward inflection (S-like curvature), while the SgE contour is concave. We therefore used a 3rd-order polynomial fitting analysis to compare the degree of inflection in the SgE baseline tokens, the AmE contour, and the imitation tokens. The SgE speakers were clearly able to approximate the overall f0 scaling of the AmE pattern across different regions of the contour, however, they showed no robust tendency to approximate the higher order shape of the contour. This suggests that speakers could not hear the shape differences due to perceptual assimilation effects, in which case the imita...

Recent studies have investigated phonetic and phonological direct dialect imitation in intonation... more Recent studies have investigated phonetic and phonological direct dialect imitation in intonation, though no study has yet explored metrical convergence. In this study we therefore test the assumption that speakers of standard French can mimic the metrical properties of a Southern French variety, having a different foot structure, by inserting a schwa either in word-final or in word-medial position. In line with our hypothesis, Standard French speakers were able to produce a greater number of schwas in the Imitation phase, with the result of inserting a weak syllable. Moreover, the effect was stronger word-medially, which we explain through a phonological constraint preventing a left headed foot to appear in word-final position.

The Italian language is characterized by an extremely strong phonetic and phonological variation ... more The Italian language is characterized by an extremely strong phonetic and phonological variation that differentiates the language across space, communicative situations, social groups and socio-economic classes, and means of communication (Berruto 2010, 2012). In this chapter, we consider the phonetic and phonological variation at the intonational and prosodic level as it is found in the varieties of Italian, that is, in the official language of Italy as spoken by speakers with different regional accents. In particular, we focus on varieties of Italian spoken in most of the areas identified in previous dialectological studies. One of the possible cartographic representations of the distribution and differentiation of the dialetti spoken in Italy is shown in Fig. 5.1. As the map shows, a usual distinction is made between the Romance dialetti spoken northern than the line connecting La Spezia and Rimini (Walter von Wartburg (1936 [1950]) that reflects a bundle if isoglosses differenti...

Laboratory Phonology: Journal of the Association for Laboratory Phonology, 2020

The paper investigates the interplay between intonational cues and individual variability in the ... more The paper investigates the interplay between intonational cues and individual variability in the perceptual assessment of speakers' epistemic bias in Salerno Italian yes-no questions. We present a perception experiment in which we manipulated pitch span within the nuclear configuration (both nuclear accent and boundary tone) to predict degree of perceived positive bias (i.e., expected positive answer) to yes-no question stimuli. Our results show that a wider pitch span within the nuclear region predicts a higher degree of perceived positive bias, while negative bias is predicted by narrow pitch span. Crucially, though, two interacting sources of listener variability were uncovered, i.e., prolonged exposure to a non-native dialect as well as degree of empathy (i.e., Empathy Quotient, EQ). Exposure to non-native phonological systems was found to affect the way pitch span is mapped onto perceived epistemic bias, through category interference, though mediated by EQ levels. Specifically, high-empathy listeners were more affected by degree of non-native dialect exposure. EQ scores were hence found to have an effect on gradual span manipulation by interacting with the dialect exposure effect. These results advance our understanding of the intonation-meaning mapping by taking into account both the impact of gradual phonetic cues on meaning processing as well as uncovering sources of cognitive variability at the perceiver's level.

Memory & Cognition, 2020

Evaluación económica sobre las ventas del sector gastronómico después de una ley de ambientes 100... more Evaluación económica sobre las ventas del sector gastronómico después de una ley de ambientes 100% libres de humo en una provincia argentina.

Language and Speech, 2019

While many studies have demonstrated the relationship between musical rhythm and speech prosody, ... more While many studies have demonstrated the relationship between musical rhythm and speech prosody, this has been rarely addressed in the context of second language (L2) acquisition. Here, we investigated whether musical rhythmic skills and the production of L2 speech prosody are predictive of one another. We tested both musical and linguistic rhythmic competences of 23 native French speakers of L2 English. Participants completed perception and production music and language tests. In the prosody production test, sentences containing trisyllabic words with either a prominence on the first or on the second syllable were heard and had to be reproduced. Participants were less accurate in reproducing penultimate accent placement. Moreover, the accuracy in reproducing phonologically disfavored stress patterns was best predicted by rhythm production abilities. Our results show, for the first time, that better reproduction of musical rhythmic sequences is predictive of a more successful realiz...

Langue française, 2016

Cet article a pour objectif d’expliciter le lien direct qui existe entre les travaux en prosodie ... more Cet article a pour objectif d’expliciter le lien direct qui existe entre les travaux en prosodie menes aujourd’hui a Aix-en-Provence et les travaux qui ont ete conduits depuis les annees 70 par ce que l’on appelait alors « l’Ecole d’Aix en Prosodie ». Ce lien sera etabli au moyen de trois notions principales : les notions de cible tonale, de constituance prosodique et d’interface entre la prosodie et les autres niveaux de la grammaire.

Laboratory Phonology, 2016

This special collection consists of papers inspired by topics covered in two different workshops ... more This special collection consists of papers inspired by topics covered in two different workshops addressing the challenge of prosodic transcription for research in spoken language sciences and for the development of computer speech technologies. At the heart of this collection are discussions of the phonological assumptions behind current approaches to prosodic transcription, the choice of discrete units and their granularity, the consequences of adopting a phonetically transparent transcription system, and the challenges of transcribing under-described languages. This collection of papers aims to foster further discussion on cross-linguistic prosodic transcription and the levels of linguistic analysis required by this enterprise. The contributions included in this collection represent different positions on a spectrum going from advocating the need for a broad phonetic transcription of intonation and an accompanying International Phonetic Alphabet (see the Hualde and Prieto contribution), to the idea that the main purpose of a prosodic transcription is to capture phonological contrast (see Arvaniti's and Frota's contributions). Specifically, in her invited paper, Arvaniti points to the need to stay close to the contrastive principle especially when it comes to analyzing highly variable data coming from understudied languages. At the heart of her paper, examples drawn from Romani serve to illustrate the point. Specifically, Arvaniti advances the argument by which analytical decisions concerning the analysis of intonation in highly variable data cannot separate phonetic form from (pragmatic) meaning and function. The author argues that the best practice would start with the simplest analysis, which would then be optionally enriched only if additional and compelling evidence becomes available. On the other hand, Hualde and Prieto start from the perspective that two levels of transcription should be favored, i.e., a broad phonetic level together with the more traditional AM phonological level. The authors argue, in particular, that the benefits of using a broad phonetic level of transcription (such as transparency in the use of labels) are widely accepted in the community when it comes to segmental transcription. The issue of "portability" of a set of commonly agreed upon labels and of analytical accuracy is also discussed. Hualde and Prieto underline the fact that their proposal is not entirely new, given that a level of broad phonetic transcription had been previously proposed by other authors especially to facilitate typological comparison. Suggesting the use of a full-fledged International Prosodic Alphabet (IPrA) is at the heart of their proposal, though departing from existing IPA symbols and diacritics. The problem of variability in intonational realization and the challenges that this represents for the analyst is seen as calling for a different answer for Cole and Shattuck-Hufnagel. In this contribution, the authors argue for the usefulness of two new transcription methodologies, i.e., Rapid Prosodic Transcription (RPT) and cue specification. Specifically, while