Search Results - "Baltazani, Mary"

Vocoid-driven processes: Palatalization and glide hardening in Greek and its dialects by Baltazani, Mary, Kainada, Evia, Revithiadou, Anthi, Topintzi, Nina

“…The point of departure of this article is the processes that front vocoids induce as triggers in language. We start with a description of palatalization, using…”
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The prosody of correction and contrast by Stavropoulou, Pepi, Baltazani, Mary

“…In the extensive literature on the prosodic expression of Information Structure (IS) the notion of contrast is typically coarse grained and subsumed under…”
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Echoes of Past Contact: Venetian Influence on Cretan Greek Intonation by Baltazani, Mary, Coleman, John, Passoni, Elisa, Przedlacka, Joanna

“…Prosodic aspects of cross-linguistic contact are under-researched, especially past contact that has subsequently ceased. In this paper, we investigate…”
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The Intonation and Pragmatics of Greek wh-Questions by Baltazani, Mary, Gryllia, Stella, Arvaniti, Amalia

“…We experimentally tested three hypotheses regarding the pragmatics of two tunes (one high-ending, one flat-ending) used with Greek wh-questions: (a) the…”
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Drifting Without an Anchor: How Pitch Accents Withstand Vowel Loss by Baltazani, Mary, Kainada, Evia

“…We offer an analysis of the influence exerted by segmental rules on the suprasegmental structure in the dialect of Ipiros Greek (IG). In particular we…”
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Intonation and pragmatic interpretation of negation in Greek by Baltazani, Mary

“…In this paper I present the intonation structure of different types of negative sentences in Greek, show how this intonation structure relates to information…”
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Pragmatically determined variation in Greek wh-question intonation by Gryllia, Stella, Baltazani, Mary, Arvaniti, Amalia

“…This paper presents production data testing the analysis of Arvaniti and Baltazani (2005) and Arvaniti and Ladd (2005) according to which the default melody…”
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The role of prosody in scope relations by Baltazani, Mary

“…It is well known that sentences with two quantifiers or operators can be ambiguous depending on their scope relation. For example, ‘‘She didn’t kick him…”
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Quantifier scope and the role of intonation in Greek by Baltazani, Mary

“…In this thesis I give a pragmatic account of the relation between intonation and meaning in Greek. I argue that the main function of intonation is to anchor an…”
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