Corpus based prosodic variation in Basque: Y/N questions marked with the particle al

This paper describes the intonational variation between two generations in three different localities of the Basque Country, using data recorded and organized in the EDAK corpus (Dialectal Oral Corpus of the Basque Language) and analysing the usage of just one type of sentence, namely y/n questions....

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Published in:	Estudios de fonética experimental Vol. 20
Main Authors:	Aurrekoetxea, Gotzon, Gaminde, Iñaki, Iglesias, Aitor
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Catalan English
Published:	Universitat de Barcelona 2011
Subjects:	Basque language geo-prosodic variation linguistic corpus prosody socio-politic variation linguistic corpus variación socio-prosódica vasco prosody socio-prosodic variation Basque language corpus lingüístico variación geo-prosódica prosodia
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Summary:	This paper describes the intonational variation between two generations in three different localities of the Basque Country, using data recorded and organized in the EDAK corpus (Dialectal Oral Corpus of the Basque Language) and analysing the usage of just one type of sentence, namely y/n questions. In the selected localities, there are two morphological ways of constructing this type of sentence: using the morphological marker al before the verb (or between the verb and the auxiliary) or not using it. First, we identify the phonological patterns that exist in these localities. Then, we analyse intergenerational variation, according to the five different phonological patterns found. Finally, we study the geo-prosodic variation which exists between older and younger people from these localities.
ISSN:	1575-5533 2385-3573