Prosodic marking of focus and givenness in Kinyarwanda and Rwandan English
This paper concentrates on whether systematic variations in pitch, intensity, and duration can be observed as a function of the focused or discourse-given status of a constituent in Kinyarwanda (Guthrie code JD.61), and a relatively recent variety of “New English” in contact with this Bantu language...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Afrikaans |
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Stellenbosch University
2021-08-01
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| Series: | Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus |
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| Online Access: | https://spilplus.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/896 |