The acoustic correlates of Blackfoot prominence

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dc.contributor.authorVan der Mark, Sheena
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-24T20:00:37Z
dc.date.available2016-06-24T20:00:37Z
dc.date.issued2002-09
dc.description.abstractBlackfoot, an Algonquian language spoken in Alberta and Montana, has been described as a pitch accent language (Frantz and Russell 1989; Frantz 1991; Kaneko 1999). Pitch accent languages mark phonetic prominence with a difference in pitch on the prominent syllable. Beckman (1986) has shown that Japanese (a prototypical pitch accent language) differs from English (a prototypical stress language) in that fundamental frequency (pitch) is the only variable that marks prominence in Japanese, whereas several variables mark prominence in English. These variables include fundamental frequency (F0) peak, amplitude peak, average amplitude, total amplitude and duration. Based on Beckman's analysis of Japanese, we would expect Blackfoot, as a pitch accent language, to mark prominence only with F0, thus patterning with Japanese. However, this analysis shows that in addition to F0, average amplitude was also correlated with prominence in Blackfoot, amplitude peak, total amplitude and duration were not. These results suggest that Blackfoot is different than Japanese in how prominence is marked. However, the results are similar enough to justify the classification of Japanese as a pitch accent language.en_US
dc.description.refereedYesen_US
dc.identifier.citationVan der Mark, S. (2002). The acoustic correlates of Blackfoot prominence. Calgary Working Papers in Linguistics, 24(Fall), 169-216.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/28971
dc.identifier.issn2371-2643
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/51454
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.publisher.departmentLinguisticsen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArtsen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.subjectLinguisticsen_US
dc.subjectPhonologyen_US
dc.subjectPhonetics, Acousticen_US
dc.subjectAlgonquian languagesen_US
dc.subjectSiksika languageen_US
dc.subjectBlackfooten_US
dc.titleThe acoustic correlates of Blackfoot prominenceen_US
dc.typejournal article
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