Word Order, Intonation, and Prosodic Phrasing: Individual Differences in the Production and Identification of Narrow and Wide Focus in Urdu

This study investigates speaker based variation in the use of word order and intonation to mark narrow and wide focus in Urdu. The identification of focus type and position, as well as the prosodic phrasing of declarative sentences produced in the target focus conditions, is also discussed. The resu...

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Main Author: Farhat Jabeen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-04-01
Series:Languages
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/7/2/103