Rossi2020a

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Rossi2020a
BibType ARTICLE
Key Rossi2020a
Author(s) Giovanni Rossi
Title The prosody of other-repetition in Italian: A system of tunes
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Tag(s) EMCA, Repetition, coversation, prosody, interaction, action
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Year 2020
Language English
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Journal Language in Society
Volume 49
Number 4
Pages 619-652
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DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047404520000627
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Abstract

As part of the project reported on in this special issue, the present study provides an overview of the types of action accomplished by other-repetition in Italian, with particular reference to the variety of the language spoken in the northeastern province of Trento. The analysis surveys actions within the domain of initiating repair, actions that extend beyond initiating repair, and actions that are alternative to initiating repair. Pitch contour emerges as a central design feature of other-repetition in Italian, with six nuclear contours associated with distinct types of action, sequential trajectories, and response patterns. The study also documents the interplay of pitch contour with other prosodic features (pitch span and register) and visible behavior (head nods, eyebrow movements).

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