Ogden, R. and Routarinne, S. (2005) The communicative functions of final rises in Finnish intonation. Phonetica, 62 (2-4). pp. 160-175. ISSN 0031-8388
Abstract
This paper considers the communicative function of final rises in Finnishconversational talk between pairs of teenage girls. Final rises are fairly common,occurring approximately twice a minute, predominantly on declaratives and in nar-rativesequences. We briefly consider the interplay between voice quality (known tobe a marker of transition relevance) and rising intonation in Finnish. We argue that innarrative sequences, rising terminals manage two main interactional tasks: they pro-videa place for a coparticipant to mark recipiency, and they project more talk by thecurrent speaker. Using a methodology which combines phonetic observation withconversation analysis, we demonstrate participants’ orientation to these functions.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Language and Linguistic Science (York) |
Depositing User: | York RAE Import |
Date Deposited: | 06 Mar 2009 15:16 |
Last Modified: | 06 Mar 2009 15:16 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000090096 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | S. Karger AG |
Identification Number: | 10.1159/000090096 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:7176 |