Temporaalne variatiivsus eestikeelsete laulude esitamisel kui kompromiss kone ja muusika vahel

• Authors: Lippus Partel , Ross Jaan

Title variants

EN

TEMPORAL VARIATION IN SINGING AS INTERPLAY BETWEEN SPEECH AND MUSIC IN ESTONIAN SONGS

• Languages of publication: ET

Abstracts

EN

Acoustic syllable durations were measured in Estonian utterances performed in parallel as recited and sung. A systematic effect of phonological syllable length was found irrespective of the group of participants (contemporary or historic). This effect of syllable length was modified by the mode of performance: in music, it was present considerably less than in speech. In music, the effect of syllable length in turn was modified by song: it was present in two of the three songs, but absent in one song. The above results suggest that the correspondence between linguistic duration and musical rhythm in a quantity language such as Estonian is loosely defined. The nature of the correspondence between linguistic quantity and musical rhythm may be considered, to a certain extent, analogous to the tone-tune relationship in tonal languages.

Keywords

EN

Estonian; linguistic duration; musical rhythm; quantity language; syllable; tone language

• Publisher: Folk Belief and Media Group of the Estonian Literary Museum, Estonian Institute of Folklore, EKM Teaduskirjastus
• Journal: Mäetagused
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 68
• Pages: 123-144

Contributors

author

Lippus Partel

• Institute of Estonian and General Linguistics, University of Tartu, Jakobi 2-408, Tartu 51014; Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, Tatari 13, Tallinn 10116, ESTONIA

author

Ross Jaan

• Institute of Estonian and General Linguistics, University of Tartu, Jakobi 2-408, Tartu 51014; Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, Tatari 13, Tallinn 10116, ESTONIA