The Prosody of Topic Transition in Interaction: Pitch Register Variations

In conversation, speakers can mobilize a variety of prosodic cues to signal a switch in topics. This paper uses a mixed-methods approach combining Conversation Analysis and Instrumental Prosody to investigate the prosody of topic transition in American English, and analyzes the ways in which speaker...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Riou, Marine
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/60741