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The role of prosodic and verbal aspects of speech in the perceived divergence of Dutch and English language varieties

  • Charlotte Gooskens
  • , Renée van Bezooijen

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    Abstract

    Varieties of a language may differ at the same linguistic levels as languages. In the present study we make a distinction between the prosodic level and the verbal level. Prosody we define as all features which are not linked to specific segments, i.e., intonation, tempo variation, and loudness variation; verbal aspects of speech include syntax, lexicon, morphology, and segmental phonetics/phonology. We investigated the role of these two levels in the perception of language varieties, and in particular their relative contribution to the perceived divergence of six Dutch and six English language varieties from the respective standard languages.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationPresent-day Dialectology: Problems and Findings
    EditorsJan Berns, Jaap van Marle
    Place of PublicationBerlin, Germany
    PublisherDe Gruyter Mouton
    Pages173-192
    Edition1
    ISBN (Print)9783110904765, 9783110167818
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2002

    Publication series

    NameTrends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]
    PublisherDe Gruyter Mouton
    Number137
    ISSN (Print)1861-4302
    ISSN (Electronic)2199-3734

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