Bilingual Acquisition of Intonation

by Ulrike Gut

This book investigates the acquisition of intonation by German/English bilingual children. Intonation is analysed both auditorily and instrumentally, and the transcription system of the British Tradition and the ToBI system in the autosegmental-metrical approach of intonation analysis are employed. Based on longitudinal data of three children comprising the ages 2 years 1 month (2;1) to 5 years 6 months (5;6), the acquisition sequence for the phonological...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3484304243
• ISBN13: 9783484304246
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.7" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary