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Dresden Fallbogen Contours as an Example of Regionalized German Intonation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2016

Margret Selting
Margret Selting*
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Universität Potsdam
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Abstract

Based on data from a Mid-German dialect area of Dresden, this article presents research on the structure and functions of regionalized intonation. The Dresden data comes from informal conversation-like settings and illustrates a contour that is typical of the Dresden city vernacular: a contour previously named and described as the Dresden Fallbogen. An analysis of the phonetic forms and phonological structures of the contour is provided, and its use and function in conversational interactions is described. Additional methods of investigating the perception and identification of these contours by subjects in an experimental setting are also given. The article concludes with remarks about the possible relevance of this contour as a signal of identity.

Résumé

Résumé

Basé sur les données d’un dialecte d’allemand moyen de la région de Dresden, cet article présente les résultats d’une recherche sur la structure et les fonctions des variations intonatives régionales. Les données proviennent de conversations informelles en contexte expérimental et illustrent un accent typique du vernaculaire de la ville de Dresden, qui a été précédemment décrit et nommé le Fallbogen de Dresden. Le texte présente une analyse des formes phonétiques et des structures phonologiques de l’accent ainsi qu’une description de sa fonction dans les échanges de conversations. Des méthodes alternatives pour examiner la perception et l’identification de ces variations intonatives en laboratoire sont également discutées. L’article conclue par une réflexion sur la possibilité que ce contour intonatif constitue un signal de l’identité des locuteurs.

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Part I: The Circumscription of Regional Varieties
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Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue canadienne de linguistique , Volume 49 , Issue 3-4 , December 2004 , pp. 289 - 326
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Copyright © Canadian Linguistic Association 2004

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