What is the cadence in one’s voice called when speaking parenthetically?
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When speaking, is there a specific term for the inflection of one’s voice when adding a parenthetical comment such as,
"I am, however, unsure about this."
That drop in pitch when one says “however,” that is what I’m asking about.
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When speaking, is there a specific term for the inflection of one’s voice when adding a parenthetical comment such as,
"I am, however, unsure about this."
That drop in pitch when one says “however,” that is what I’m asking about.
Thank you
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@KannE Thanks. Hopefully someone will have an answer.
– user320354
Oct 20 at 5:33
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They don't have an answer, either. There's no canonical term. I call it "flatting", because it usually is a little lower in tone than the normal intonation, and it's maintained without much tonal variation. This is the tonal register used for presupposed material.
– John Lawler
Oct 20 at 15:10
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Some references state that it's simply a matter of lowering volume, not necessarily pitch, but this paragraph I found indicates it may be a combo, assuming that's what you're referring to, so it is probably more complicated and better asked elsewhere as suggested. books.google.com/…
– KannE
Oct 20 at 17:52
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HeWhoShallNotBeNamed: Nothing to worry. If needed, the question will get closed here and migrated to the appropriate alternate site. In any case, as @JohnLawler noted, there's no canonical term for this.
– Kris
Oct 22 at 6:14
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@JohnLawler: That's a nice expression. In music, the ♭ symbol is derived from the Italian bemolle.
– jxh
Oct 22 at 19:32
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When speaking, is there a specific term for the inflection of one’s voice when adding a parenthetical comment such as,
"I am, however, unsure about this."
That drop in pitch when one says “however,” that is what I’m asking about.
Thank you
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When speaking, is there a specific term for the inflection of one’s voice when adding a parenthetical comment such as,
"I am, however, unsure about this."
That drop in pitch when one says “however,” that is what I’m asking about.
Thank you
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@KannE Thanks. Hopefully someone will have an answer.
– user320354
Oct 20 at 5:33
2
They don't have an answer, either. There's no canonical term. I call it "flatting", because it usually is a little lower in tone than the normal intonation, and it's maintained without much tonal variation. This is the tonal register used for presupposed material.
– John Lawler
Oct 20 at 15:10
1
Some references state that it's simply a matter of lowering volume, not necessarily pitch, but this paragraph I found indicates it may be a combo, assuming that's what you're referring to, so it is probably more complicated and better asked elsewhere as suggested. books.google.com/…
– KannE
Oct 20 at 17:52
1
HeWhoShallNotBeNamed: Nothing to worry. If needed, the question will get closed here and migrated to the appropriate alternate site. In any case, as @JohnLawler noted, there's no canonical term for this.
– Kris
Oct 22 at 6:14
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@JohnLawler: That's a nice expression. In music, the ♭ symbol is derived from the Italian bemolle.
– jxh
Oct 22 at 19:32
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@KannE Thanks. Hopefully someone will have an answer.
– user320354
Oct 20 at 5:33
2
They don't have an answer, either. There's no canonical term. I call it "flatting", because it usually is a little lower in tone than the normal intonation, and it's maintained without much tonal variation. This is the tonal register used for presupposed material.
– John Lawler
Oct 20 at 15:10
1
Some references state that it's simply a matter of lowering volume, not necessarily pitch, but this paragraph I found indicates it may be a combo, assuming that's what you're referring to, so it is probably more complicated and better asked elsewhere as suggested. books.google.com/…
– KannE
Oct 20 at 17:52
1
HeWhoShallNotBeNamed: Nothing to worry. If needed, the question will get closed here and migrated to the appropriate alternate site. In any case, as @JohnLawler noted, there's no canonical term for this.
– Kris
Oct 22 at 6:14
1
@JohnLawler: That's a nice expression. In music, the ♭ symbol is derived from the Italian bemolle.
– jxh
Oct 22 at 19:32
@KannE Thanks. Hopefully someone will have an answer.
– user320354
Oct 20 at 5:33
@KannE Thanks. Hopefully someone will have an answer.
– user320354
Oct 20 at 5:33
2
2
They don't have an answer, either. There's no canonical term. I call it "flatting", because it usually is a little lower in tone than the normal intonation, and it's maintained without much tonal variation. This is the tonal register used for presupposed material.
– John Lawler
Oct 20 at 15:10
They don't have an answer, either. There's no canonical term. I call it "flatting", because it usually is a little lower in tone than the normal intonation, and it's maintained without much tonal variation. This is the tonal register used for presupposed material.
– John Lawler
Oct 20 at 15:10
1
1
Some references state that it's simply a matter of lowering volume, not necessarily pitch, but this paragraph I found indicates it may be a combo, assuming that's what you're referring to, so it is probably more complicated and better asked elsewhere as suggested. books.google.com/…
– KannE
Oct 20 at 17:52
Some references state that it's simply a matter of lowering volume, not necessarily pitch, but this paragraph I found indicates it may be a combo, assuming that's what you're referring to, so it is probably more complicated and better asked elsewhere as suggested. books.google.com/…
– KannE
Oct 20 at 17:52
1
1
HeWhoShallNotBeNamed: Nothing to worry. If needed, the question will get closed here and migrated to the appropriate alternate site. In any case, as @JohnLawler noted, there's no canonical term for this.
– Kris
Oct 22 at 6:14
HeWhoShallNotBeNamed: Nothing to worry. If needed, the question will get closed here and migrated to the appropriate alternate site. In any case, as @JohnLawler noted, there's no canonical term for this.
– Kris
Oct 22 at 6:14
1
1
@JohnLawler: That's a nice expression. In music, the ♭ symbol is derived from the Italian bemolle.
– jxh
Oct 22 at 19:32
@JohnLawler: That's a nice expression. In music, the ♭ symbol is derived from the Italian bemolle.
– jxh
Oct 22 at 19:32
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1) There is no single, agreed-upon term for the prosodic pattern of parenthetical constituents.
2) The most common and theory-neutral term is comma intonation (e.g. Emonds 1976, Culicover 1992, Brinton 2002, Huddleston & Pullum 2002, etc.).
3) Some researchers, especially those working on the interaction between syntax and prosody, use the term parenthetical dip following work by Dutch linguist Carla Schelfhout (e.g. Heringa 2012). I find this term quite adequate.
4) Scholars who are interested mainly in the semantics of parentheticals tend to have a more fanciful terminology (e.g. the introduction of a comma operator or comma feature in Potts 2007,
the rule Align R and so-called comma phrases and lower order prosodic constituents in Selkirk 2005, etc.).
5) The actual phonetic realization of parentheticals is remarkably complex. Scientists working on the different phonetic attributes of parenthetical intonation (e.g. for artificial speech) tend to not have one comprehensive term for the phenomenon because they dissect it into its constituent parts, such as 'maximum and minimum pitch levels', 'high and low tones' (see ToBI), 'length of pauses' or 'intonational phrasing' etc. (For a summary see for instance Bodenbender 1999.)
6) Irrespective of the syntactic pattern involved, the following collocates are commonly used to describe intonation: intonational contour, intonational pattern, prosodic cue and prosodic structure.
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1) There is no single, agreed-upon term for the prosodic pattern of parenthetical constituents.
2) The most common and theory-neutral term is comma intonation (e.g. Emonds 1976, Culicover 1992, Brinton 2002, Huddleston & Pullum 2002, etc.).
3) Some researchers, especially those working on the interaction between syntax and prosody, use the term parenthetical dip following work by Dutch linguist Carla Schelfhout (e.g. Heringa 2012). I find this term quite adequate.
4) Scholars who are interested mainly in the semantics of parentheticals tend to have a more fanciful terminology (e.g. the introduction of a comma operator or comma feature in Potts 2007,
the rule Align R and so-called comma phrases and lower order prosodic constituents in Selkirk 2005, etc.).
5) The actual phonetic realization of parentheticals is remarkably complex. Scientists working on the different phonetic attributes of parenthetical intonation (e.g. for artificial speech) tend to not have one comprehensive term for the phenomenon because they dissect it into its constituent parts, such as 'maximum and minimum pitch levels', 'high and low tones' (see ToBI), 'length of pauses' or 'intonational phrasing' etc. (For a summary see for instance Bodenbender 1999.)
6) Irrespective of the syntactic pattern involved, the following collocates are commonly used to describe intonation: intonational contour, intonational pattern, prosodic cue and prosodic structure.
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1) There is no single, agreed-upon term for the prosodic pattern of parenthetical constituents.
2) The most common and theory-neutral term is comma intonation (e.g. Emonds 1976, Culicover 1992, Brinton 2002, Huddleston & Pullum 2002, etc.).
3) Some researchers, especially those working on the interaction between syntax and prosody, use the term parenthetical dip following work by Dutch linguist Carla Schelfhout (e.g. Heringa 2012). I find this term quite adequate.
4) Scholars who are interested mainly in the semantics of parentheticals tend to have a more fanciful terminology (e.g. the introduction of a comma operator or comma feature in Potts 2007,
the rule Align R and so-called comma phrases and lower order prosodic constituents in Selkirk 2005, etc.).
5) The actual phonetic realization of parentheticals is remarkably complex. Scientists working on the different phonetic attributes of parenthetical intonation (e.g. for artificial speech) tend to not have one comprehensive term for the phenomenon because they dissect it into its constituent parts, such as 'maximum and minimum pitch levels', 'high and low tones' (see ToBI), 'length of pauses' or 'intonational phrasing' etc. (For a summary see for instance Bodenbender 1999.)
6) Irrespective of the syntactic pattern involved, the following collocates are commonly used to describe intonation: intonational contour, intonational pattern, prosodic cue and prosodic structure.
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1) There is no single, agreed-upon term for the prosodic pattern of parenthetical constituents.
2) The most common and theory-neutral term is comma intonation (e.g. Emonds 1976, Culicover 1992, Brinton 2002, Huddleston & Pullum 2002, etc.).
3) Some researchers, especially those working on the interaction between syntax and prosody, use the term parenthetical dip following work by Dutch linguist Carla Schelfhout (e.g. Heringa 2012). I find this term quite adequate.
4) Scholars who are interested mainly in the semantics of parentheticals tend to have a more fanciful terminology (e.g. the introduction of a comma operator or comma feature in Potts 2007,
the rule Align R and so-called comma phrases and lower order prosodic constituents in Selkirk 2005, etc.).
5) The actual phonetic realization of parentheticals is remarkably complex. Scientists working on the different phonetic attributes of parenthetical intonation (e.g. for artificial speech) tend to not have one comprehensive term for the phenomenon because they dissect it into its constituent parts, such as 'maximum and minimum pitch levels', 'high and low tones' (see ToBI), 'length of pauses' or 'intonational phrasing' etc. (For a summary see for instance Bodenbender 1999.)
6) Irrespective of the syntactic pattern involved, the following collocates are commonly used to describe intonation: intonational contour, intonational pattern, prosodic cue and prosodic structure.
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1) There is no single, agreed-upon term for the prosodic pattern of parenthetical constituents.
2) The most common and theory-neutral term is comma intonation (e.g. Emonds 1976, Culicover 1992, Brinton 2002, Huddleston & Pullum 2002, etc.).
3) Some researchers, especially those working on the interaction between syntax and prosody, use the term parenthetical dip following work by Dutch linguist Carla Schelfhout (e.g. Heringa 2012). I find this term quite adequate.
4) Scholars who are interested mainly in the semantics of parentheticals tend to have a more fanciful terminology (e.g. the introduction of a comma operator or comma feature in Potts 2007,
the rule Align R and so-called comma phrases and lower order prosodic constituents in Selkirk 2005, etc.).
5) The actual phonetic realization of parentheticals is remarkably complex. Scientists working on the different phonetic attributes of parenthetical intonation (e.g. for artificial speech) tend to not have one comprehensive term for the phenomenon because they dissect it into its constituent parts, such as 'maximum and minimum pitch levels', 'high and low tones' (see ToBI), 'length of pauses' or 'intonational phrasing' etc. (For a summary see for instance Bodenbender 1999.)
6) Irrespective of the syntactic pattern involved, the following collocates are commonly used to describe intonation: intonational contour, intonational pattern, prosodic cue and prosodic structure.
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@KannE Thanks. Hopefully someone will have an answer.
– user320354
Oct 20 at 5:33
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They don't have an answer, either. There's no canonical term. I call it "flatting", because it usually is a little lower in tone than the normal intonation, and it's maintained without much tonal variation. This is the tonal register used for presupposed material.
– John Lawler
Oct 20 at 15:10
1
Some references state that it's simply a matter of lowering volume, not necessarily pitch, but this paragraph I found indicates it may be a combo, assuming that's what you're referring to, so it is probably more complicated and better asked elsewhere as suggested. books.google.com/…
– KannE
Oct 20 at 17:52
1
HeWhoShallNotBeNamed: Nothing to worry. If needed, the question will get closed here and migrated to the appropriate alternate site. In any case, as @JohnLawler noted, there's no canonical term for this.
– Kris
Oct 22 at 6:14
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@JohnLawler: That's a nice expression. In music, the ♭ symbol is derived from the Italian bemolle.
– jxh
Oct 22 at 19:32