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Other-initiated repair in Cha’palaa

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Floyd S.

Open Linguistics

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2014

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vol. 1

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issue 1

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This article describes the interactional patterns and linguistic structures associated with otherinitiated repair, as observed in a corpus of video-recorded conversation in the Cha’palaa (a Barbacoan language spoken in north-western Ecuador). Special attention is given to the relation of repair formats to the morphosyntactic and intonational systems of the language. It examines the distinctive falling intonation observed with interjections and content question formats and the pattern of a held mid-high tone observed in polarity questions, as well as the function of Cha’palaa grammatical features such as the case marking system, the nominal classifiers and the verb classification system as formats for repair initiation. It considers a selection of examples from a video corpus to illustrate a broad range of sequence types of opened and restricted other-initiated repair, noting that Cha’palaa had the highest relative rate of open repair in the cross-linguistic sample. It also considers the extension of OIR to other practices such as news uptake and disagreement in the Cha’palaa corpus.

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Интонация как компонент семиозиса русских частиц

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Tsoi A.

Studia Rossica Posnaniensia

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2019

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vol. 44

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issue 1

327-336

RU

The aim of this article is to focus on the role of intonation in the process of semiosis of Russian particles as language signs. Intonation is a non-lingual means of communication. It fulfills an auxiliary or independent function in the act of communication. In the process of communication Russian particles can intensify semantically important language information, or level it up. They can be expressers of explicit or latent/hidden intentions of its participants. From the point of view of semiotics intonation is an interpretation of a separate Russian particle as a language sign.

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Perceptual impact of speech melody hybridization: English and Czech English

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Volín J., Poesová K.

Research in Language

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2016

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vol. 14

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issue 1

31-41

EN

The current paper examines the role of intonation in the perception of foreign-accented speech. In order to assess how difficult it is to mentally process native, non-native and modified speech melodies, four conditions were analyzed and compared: native English, native English with Czech melody, Czech English with native melody and Czech English. The method of reaction times measurement in a word monitoring task was employed, in which 108 Czech listeners heard English sentences in the explored conditions and pressed a button when hearing a target word. Speech melody turned out to have a relatively weak but discernible impact on perceptual processing. Interestingly, Czech English proved to be more difficult to process than native English, although the listeners were Czech. The implementation of English F0 contours on Czech English speech slightly alleviated the cognitive load, however, the second hybrid, native English with Czech melody, pointed to the opposite direction. The causes of this discrepancy were investigated, particularly higher degrees of collocability in certain expressions.

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The effect of non-conclusive melodic rises on Czech speech sounding French

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Bořil T., Šturm P., Skarnitzl R., Hévrová M., Köpke B.

Linguistica Pragensia

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2022

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vol. 32

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issue 1

125-141

EN

This paper is based on a study of first language attrition in Czechs living in France, which reveals that Czech expatriates in France use prominent rises in non-conclusive intonation patterns in their native language. We manipulated the speech of six expatriates by reducing the fundamental frequency (f 0) range of non-conclusive rises in a phrase, and the speech of six Czech control speakers by expanding the f 0 range to mimic the French-like prominent rises. The manipulations served, alongside filler items, as the basis for a perception test in which 37 native Czech listeners assessed how much the speakers’ pronunciation manifested marks of a long-term stay in France. The results confirmed our hypothesis that expanding the control speakers’ f 0 range would increase the perceived effect of French. However, reducing the f 0 range in the expatriate group did not yield lower French-effect ratings, most likely due to the presence of other pronunciation features in their speech.

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Some observations on operatic singer’s intonation

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Sundberg J.

Interdisciplinary Studies in Musicology

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2011

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issue 10

47-60

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Fundamental frequency (Fo) patterns are analysed in six recordings of the Romance from the First Act of Guiseppe Verdi’s opera Aida. Two of the recordings were sung by the late Swedish tenor Jussi Björling and the remaining four by other international premiere tenors. Fo tracking was carried out semi-automatically using the autocorrelation program of the Soundswell Signal Workstation™ software. Intonation characteristics were measured in relation to equally tempered tuning (ETT) based on the tuning of the orchestra. Great individual differences are found. The mean deviation from ETT varied between - 15 cent and + 30 cent. Only Björling tended to increasingly sharpen intonation, the higher he sang in his passagio region. Moreover, in the long sustained high note at the end of the Recitative he added a Portamento at the end, while the other singers increased Fo by about 40 cent over the same tone. Vibrato rate and extent were similar among the singers, but spectrum analysis of the vibrato waveform revealed various differences. The final descending octave interval exceeded the 2:1 frequency ratio in all singers except one. The results are discussed from the points of view of interval perception, performance practise and musical expression.

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Other-initiated repair in Italian

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Rossi G.

Open Linguistics

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2014

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vol. 1

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issue 1

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This article describes the interactional patterns and linguistic structures associated with other-initiated repair, as observed in a corpus of video recorded conversation in the Italian language (Romance). The article reports findings specific to the Italian language from the comparative project that is the topic of this special issue. While giving an overview of all the major practices for other-initiation of repair found in this language, special attention is given to (i) the functional distinctions between different open strategies (interjection, question words, formulaic), and (ii) the role of intonation in discriminating alternative restricted strategies, with a focus on different contour types used to produce repetitions.

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Z naczenie wczesnej edukacji muzycznej w świetle współczesnych badań

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Kozłowska-Lewna A.

Aspekty Muzyki

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2012

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vol. 2

25-38

EN

The importance of early musical education in the light of present-day research

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Изменения в интонационном оформлении спонтанной речи: новая интонационная конструкция?

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Зиновьева Т.

Rocznik Slawistyczny

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2017

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issue LXVI

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Изменения в интонационном оформлении спонтанной речи: новая интонационная конструкция?

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Zinovyeva T.

Rocznik Slawistyczny

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2017

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vol. 66

117-126

EN

The article addresses prosodic characteristics of the new intonation contour which can be observed in spontaneous speech in the contemporary Russian language. The study focuses on the attempt made to identify the most relevant criteria of this new intonation construction and to explain the reasons underlying its occurrence.

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Young children's detection and decoding of ironic intonation

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Rattray C., Tolmie A.

Psychology of Language and Communication

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2008

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vol. 12

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issue 1

29-54

EN

Two studies examined 3- and 4-year-olds' ability to follow the mental ‘sub-text’ of conversations employing ironic intonation. In Study 1, children were asked what a confederate thought was inside a tin, following an exchange in which she saw (joke conditions) or did not see (lie conditions) the contents (a stone) and heard these referred to in neutral or ironic tone as a cake. Study 2 repeated the joke conditions, with the confederate touching the stone. Amongst 4-year-olds, intonation was found to trigger complex assessment of the information available to the confederate, whilst 3-year-olds appeared confused. The data suggest that ability to track the belief implications of conversations is underpinned by substantial improvements in working memory between 3 and 4 years.

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Czech intonation: A tonal approach

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Duběda T.

Slovo a slovesnost: časopis pro otázky teorie a kultury jazyka (Slovo a slovesnost: A journal for the theory of language and language cultivation)

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2014

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vol. 75

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issue 2

83-99

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In this article we describe a model of Czech intonation that is based on Daneš’s system of nuclear contours (1957), though, unlike Daneš’s system, it is formally inspired by autosegmental (tone-based) theory. After discussing the fundamental principles of the stylisation (prosodic phrase, types of tonal events, their scaling and their functions) we present and illustrate the inventories of prenuclear accents, boundary tones and nuclear contours. The findings of our analysis are based on two types of speech recordings (read newspaper texts and literary dialogues). Issues relating to the application of tonal events to prosodic phrases (alignment of nuclear contours, intonational homonymy and synonymy, structure of the phrase) are also discussed. We conclude the article by providing a general typological overview of Czech intonation.

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Kilka uwag o wpływie przycisku zdaniowego na interpretację przysłówków-modyfikatorów intencjonalności (na przykładzie niechcący, przypadkiem)

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Duraj-Nowosielska I.

Linguistica Copernicana

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2012

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issue 1(7)

113-137

EN

In the article I consider the problem of sentence stress and its influence on the semantics of the adverbs modifying information on the intentionality of actions, i.e. expressions such as niechcący 'unwillingly', nieświadomie 'unconsciously', przypadkiem 'accidentally', celowo 'on purpose', specjalnie 'intentionally' etc., with special attention paid to the two expressions from this class -niechcący and przypadkiem. I try to demonstrate how their interpretation may differ according to the position they take in the sentence structure. I assume that these units of language - as they are adverbs - belong primarily to the dictum of the sentence, which means that one should take the rhematic position as basic in the explication; all the differences that result from moving them to the thematic dictum should be then intepreted as secondary (as the effect of thematizing).

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Lithuanian language intonation: history of research in the context of language intonology

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Kundrotas G.

Językoznawstwo

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2020

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vol. 14

195-204

PL

Badania nad intonacją języka litewskiego po raz pierwszy odnotowano dopiero na początku XX wieku w pracach językoznawców Jablonskisa (1911) i Durysa (1927). Pierwsze badania nad intonacją innych języków europejskich (angielski, rosyjski) sięgają XVI i XVII wieku [angielski: Hart (1551) i Butler (1634); rosyjski: Łomonosow (1743, 1765)]. Najbardziej produktywny okres badawczy to początek i druga połowa XX wieku, kiedy intonację języka litewskiego badali lingwiści litewscy – specjaliści z zakresu syntaktyki oraz fonetyki. Znaczną część badań przeprowadzono z wykorzystaniem metod fonetyki eksperymentalnej. Główni autorzy to syntaktyk Balkevičius (1963, 1998), fonetycy Pukelis (1972) i Bikulčienė (1976), Pakerys (2003), Girdenis (1980; 2003). Warianty inwentaryzacji systemu intonacji języka litewskiego przedstawiono w licznych pracach autora artykułu.

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The linguists Jablonskis (1911) and Durys (1927) were the first to study Lithuanian language intonation. Research on intonation in other European languages (English, Russian) began earlier, in the 16th and 17th centuries (English: Hart (1551) and Butler (1634); Russian: Lomonosov (1743, 1765)). The beginning and the second half of the 20th century were the most productive research periods on Lithuanian language intonation. Intonation was studied by Lithuanian linguists – syntax specialists and phoneticians. A considerable amount of research using methods of experimental phonetics was carried out. The main authors were the syntactician Balkevičius (1963, 1998) and the phoneticians Pukelis (1972) and Bikulčienė (1976), Pakerys (2003), Girdenis (1980; 2003). Variants of the Lithuanian language intonation system inventory are presented in the numerous works of the author.

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Lautes lesen – Intonationsübungen für polnische Germanistikstudenten

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Głowińska B.

Annales Neophilologiarum

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2015

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issue 9

73-85

EN

The process of teaching oral skills in German should include the practice of reading aloud. One of the important aspects of this process, requiring special attention, is the use of correct intonation. Practising reading aloud aims at developing listening skills, imitation and individual vocal interpretation of written texts.

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W ramach praktycznej nauki języka niemieckiego należy ćwiczyć głośne czytanie. Jednym z ważnych aspektów wymagającym, przy tej okazji, uwagi jest poprawna intonacja. Ćwiczenia w głośnym czytaniu ukierunkowane są na słuchanie, imitację mowy oraz na własną interpretację głosową tekstów.

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Melodie české doplňovací otázky:

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Volín J., Šturm P.

Naše řeč (Our Speech)

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2020

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vol. 103

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issue 4

337-351

EN

The present study addresses the unresolved issue of speech melody in Czech question-word questions (i.e., specific, information or content questions). Some renowned authors claim that these questions use the same melodic courses as statements, whereas others suggest salient modifications. We contribute to the debate with the results of an experiment, in which 24 speakers were recorded producing context-embedded utterances that formed latent question-statement pairs. The pairs under scrutiny were not obvious to the speakers but they structurally differed in just one or two phonemes and preserved identical stress-group and syllabic patterns. The analysis of the melodic contours shows that although both statements and interrogatives are generally (even if not always) produced with a falling contour, the placement of the melodic peak and its magnitude differ significantly. While statements are typically furnished with a late intonational nucleus, question-word questions more commonly display a higher early peak. Additionally, various pragmatic components of the messages are suggested that correlate with the individual tune shapes.

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Promeny v produkci a recepci feći vpozdnim reku

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MüLLEROVA O.

Stylistyka

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2007

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vol. 16

81-93

CS

Changes in speech on the sound, grammatical, textual and interactive levels (articula- tion of speech sounds, pronunciation of words, volume and pitch of voice; amount and function of pauses, intonation; simplification of grammatical structures, ellipses, correc- tions (rectifications), parentheses, loss of thematic linę, etc.) were examined on the col- lection of taped dialogues taken at home and in an old people’s home.

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Czech intonation: a tonal approach

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Duběda T.

Slovo a slovesnost: časopis pro otázky teorie a kultury jazyka (Slovo a slovesnost: A journal for the theory of language and language cultivation)

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2014

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vol. 75

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issue 2

83-98

EN

In this article we describe a model of Czech intonation that is based on Daneš’s system of nuclear contours (1957), though, unlike Daneš’s system, it is formally inspired by autosegmental (tone-based) theory. After discussing the fundamental principles of the stylisation (prosodic phrase, types of tonal events, their scaling and their functions) we present and illustrate the inventories of prenuclear accents, boundary tones and nuclear contours. The findings of our analysis are based on two types of speech recordings (read newspaper texts and literary dialogues). Issues relating to the application of tonal events to prosodic phrases (alignment of nuclear contours, intonational homonymy and synonymy, structure of the phrase) are also discussed. We conclude the article by providing a general typological overview of Czech intonation.

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Článek popisuje model české intonace založený na Danešově (1957) systému nukleárních kontur (kadencí, melodémů), avšak inspirovaný – na rozdíl od Danešova systému – formalismem autosegmentální (tonální) teorie. Po vyložení základních principů stylizace (promluvový úsek, typy tonálních událostí, jejich výškové zakotvení a funkce) představujeme a ilustrujeme inventáře prenukleárních akcentů, hraničních tónů a nukleárních kontur. Analýza je založena na dvou typech řečových nahrávek (čtený publicistický text a literární dialog). Pozornost je věnována také otázkám propojení tonálních událostí s promluvovými úseky (asociace nukleárních kontur s textem, intonační homonymie a synonymie, struktura promluvového úseku). Závěr článku tvoří celkový přehled české intonace na obecně typologickém pozadí.

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Pragmatèmes au pays de la prosodie

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Banyś W.

Neophilologica

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2020

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vol. 32

89-116

EN

The presented text will touch on the issue too often neglected in studies of pragmatemes, namely the role of prosody in determining what is a pragmateme and what is not. First, the analyses of prosody and of its role in the determination and functioning of various linguistic phenomena (informational structure of the sentence, presupposition, relative propositions) are reviewed, then the definitions of pragmatems by I. Mel’čuk and X. Blanco with S. Mejri are presented, to move on, at the end, to analyse the role of prosody in the determination of the pragmatematical or non-pragmatematical status of constructions through analyses of cases of pragmatemes that should not be qualified in this way without precise indications on prosody. The point is that even if mistakes are made in the spelling or transcription, the actual pronunciation of the constructions in a concrete enunciation situation must be suitable for the construction in question to function as a pragmateme. It is a suitable intonation which, with the appropriate context, makes construction a pragmateme - the intonation is thus truly (co-)generating the meaning of the construction - otherwise the construction would have its literal meaning. This finding also invites us to make a detailed study, from this point of view, of as many of the expressions qualified as pragmatems as possible, and to include the decisive prosodic information in dictionary entries of this type of expression.

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Wpływ akcentu iloczasowego i towarzyszących mu zjawisk prozodycznych na atrakcyjność treści informacyjno-rozrywkowych w przekazach dziennikarskich

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Bloch J.

Studia Medioznawcze

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2022

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issue 4

1288-1298

EN

Satirical journalism is one of TV programme genres in which, in addition to linguistic aspects, vocal behaviour (including the prosody of language) plays a significant role. Scientific objective: The aim of this paper was to describe the prosodic and extra-prosodic phenomena that affect the humorous perception of journalistic content. For this purpose, the author analysed the reading style of a leading reporter of one of the most popular news programmes in one of the mainstream TV stations. Results and conclusions: The humorous effect of journalistic coverage is affected by the following aspects of the art of speaking and reading (i.e., speech expression): breathing technique and voice projection––the voice is always slightly raised, energetic, stimulating; diction––very expressive articulation, stressing in accordance with the phonetic features of the phones (tightening of plosives and prolonging of fricatives, semi-vowels and vowels); elements of prosody––intonation, stress and vowel length. Research methods: The analysis, conducted using the perceptive method, of prosodic and extra-prosodic phenomena used by the reporter in question covered approximately 120 recordings from the period 2016––2022 broadcast in the news programme “Fakty” on TVN TV station. The aspect that the author focused on was how these phenomena were used to achieve a humorous effect of the message conveyed. Cognitive value: Individual techniques of text interpretation affect the level of recognition of reporters by the audience. Consistent use of the same prosodic/extra-prosodic phenomena by the reporter examined translates into an individual style of content delivery, strengthens the reporter’s image as a professional, as well as makes him stand out among other professionals in the field and provides an inspiration for younger reporters who are just starting their career. Professional vocal behaviour is an important skill that is worth mastering for anyone who uses their voice as a tool for their work. The analysis of the mentioned phenomena can be used as an element of a workshop for other reporters looking for inspiration in the presentation of information content of a special (humorous) nature.

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W obrębie informacyjnych gatunków telewizyjnych wyróżniamy reportaż satyryczny, w którym znaczące są, oprócz kwestii językowych, zachowania wokalne, czyli elementy prozodii języka. Celem artykułu jest przedstawienie zjawisk prozodyjnych i pozaprozodyjnych, które wpływają na żartobliwy ton materiałów dziennikarskich. Zadanie to zostało zrealizowane poprzez opisanie sposobu czytania jednego z czołowych dziennikarzy jednego z najważniejszych programów informacyjnych jednej z największych stacji telewizyjnych. Wyniki i wnioski: na uzyskanie efektu żartobliwości w przekazach ma wpływ wykorzystanie przez dziennikarza następujących elementów sztuki mówienia i czytania (czyli ekspresji): sposób oddychania oraz prowadzenia głosu – głos zawsze lekko podniesiony, energetyczny, pobudzający do działania; dykcja – bardzo wyrazista artykulacja, wzmacnianie zgodne z cechami fonetycznymi głosek (dociskanie głosek zwartych oraz przedłużenie w głoskach szczelinowych, półotwartych i samogłoskach); elementy prozodii – intonacja, akcent, iloczas (akcent iloczasowy). Metody badań: analizie, prowadzonej metodą percepcyjną, poddano sposób wykorzystania przez dziennikarza zjawisk prozodyjnych i pozaprozodyjnych w celu osiągnięcia efektu humorystycznego przekazu. Materiał badawczy stanowiło około 120 nagrań materiałów reporterskich z lat 2016–2022 wyemitowanych w programie informacyjnym „Fakty” w stacji telewizyjnej TVN. Wartość poznawcza: sprawne wykorzystywanie zachowań wokalnych jest ważną umiejętnością dla każdego, kto posługuje się głosem jako narzędziem pracy. Prezentowanie indywidualnego sposobu interpretacji tekstu, w tym konsekwentne wykorzystywanie tych samych zjawisk prozodyjnych i pozaprozodyjnych, przyczynia się do budowania indywidualnego stylu przekazywania treści, zwiększając rozpoznawalność dziennikarza wśród widzów i wielu wykonawców tego zawodu. Dzięki temu nie tylko wpływa na tworzenie wizerunku profesjonalisty, lecz także wyróżnia dziennikarza spośród wielu zawodowców będących wzorem do naśladowania dla młodszych kolegów, dopiero zaczynających pracę. Obserwacja zjawisk prozodyjnych i pozaprozodyjnych może stanowić element warsztatu pracy innych dziennikarzy, poszukujących wzorców w prezentowaniu treści informacyjnych o szczególnym (żartobliwym) charakterze.

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O intonacyjno-retorycznej roli Norwidowskiej interpunkcji

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Rogowska M. E.

Studia Norwidiana

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2012

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vol. 30

23-38

EN

Polish Romantic poets, as Konrad Górski reminded us, used punctuation in the intonation function. Norwid’s creative work coincides with the time when attempts to standardize punctuation and to introduce new syntactic rules are made. For this reason the issue of the function of Norwid’s punctuation cannot be decided as easily as in case of the three great national poets of Poland. In the original version of poems by the author of “Vade-mecum” some disturbing places can be found, where the use of a punctuation mark cannot be explained in terms of syntax. On the other hand, punctuation marks are justified when they are treated as tools that form the sound layer of the text. This role of the marks is especially important in the poem “Rzecz o wolności słowa” (On Freedom of Speech), which Norwid prepared to be read in a public lecture. By means of punctuation marks the poet included in the text indications about how to read it. This is exactly why modifications and cases of modernization of punctuation made by publishers and editors are not indifferent for the artistic form of Norwid’s works.

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Other-initiated repair in Cha’palaa

Интонация как компонент семиозиса русских частиц

Perceptual impact of speech melody hybridization: English and Czech English

The effect of non-conclusive melodic rises on Czech speech sounding French

Some observations on operatic singer’s intonation

Other-initiated repair in Italian

Z naczenie wczesnej edukacji muzycznej w świetle współczesnych badań

Изменения в интонационном оформлении спонтанной речи: новая интонационная конструкция?

Изменения в интонационном оформлении спонтанной речи: новая интонационная конструкция?

Young children's detection and decoding of ironic intonation

Czech intonation: A tonal approach

Kilka uwag o wpływie przycisku zdaniowego na interpretację przysłówków-modyfikatorów intencjonalności (na przykładzie niechcący, przypadkiem)

Lithuanian language intonation: history of research in the context of language intonology

Lautes lesen – Intonationsübungen für polnische Germanistikstudenten

Melodie české doplňovací otázky:

Promeny v produkci a recepci feći vpozdnim reku

Czech intonation: a tonal approach

Pragmatèmes au pays de la prosodie

Wpływ akcentu iloczasowego i towarzyszących mu zjawisk prozodycznych na atrakcyjność treści informacyjno-rozrywkowych w przekazach dziennikarskich

O intonacyjno-retorycznej roli Norwidowskiej interpunkcji