Klaus J. Kohler (2006).
Paradigms in Experimental Prosodic Analysis -
From Measurement to Function.

Audio Examples.

Contents :

• Example 1a: One-accent phrase with rise-fall-rise
• Example 1b: Two-accent phrase with rise-fall-rise + rise
• Example 1c: Two-accent phrase with rise-fall-rise + prosodic boundary + rise
• Example 1d: Two-accent phrase with (rise-)fall + rise

• Example 2: Peak Shift Series from Early to Late
• Example 3: Early, Medial and Late Peak Positions
• Example 3a: Early Peak
• Example 3b: Medial Peak
• Example 3c: Late Peak
• Example 4: Pragmatic Meanings of Early, Medial and Late Peaks
• Example 5: Internal Timing of Peak Contours
• Example 5a: Early Peak Synchronization - Symmetrical Rise and Fall
• Example 5b: Early Peak Synchronization - Slow Fall
• Example 5c: Early Peak Synchronization - Fast Rise and Slow Fall
• Example 5d: Medial Peak Synchronization - Symmetrical Rise and Fall
• Example 6: The Medial-to-Late Peak Scale
• Example 6a: Medial Peak
• Example 6b: Late-Medial Peak
• Example 6c: Late Peak

• Example 7: Valley Shift Series from Early to Late: gradual change
• Example 8: Peak Shift Series from Early to Late-Medial: abrupt change
• Example 9: End Points of the Valley Shift Series
• Example 9a: Earliest Valley Minimum - before the accented-vowel onset
• Example 9b: Latest Valley Minimum - in the accented vowel
• Example 10: End Points of the Peak Shift Series for comparison
• Example 10a: Earliest Peak Maximum - before the accented-vowel onset
• Example 10b: Latest Peak Maximum - in the accented vowel
• Example 11: Contextualization of Valley and Peak Contours Compared
• Example 11a: Late Valleys in Context and Test Sentence
• Example 11b: Late Valley in Context, Early Valley in Test Sentence
• Example 11c: Late-Medial Peaks in Context and Test Sentence
• Example 11d: Late-Medial Peak in Context, Early Peak in Test Sentence

• Example 12: Late Peak Contours Complete and Truncated

1. Holistic Pitch Contours

Example 1a: One-accent phrase with rise-fall-rise

<&2> war er das wirklich <&.?> <&PGn> (<&2> WAS it really him <&.?><&PGn>)

Example 1b: Two-accent phrase with rise-fall-rise + rise

<&2> war er das <&.,> <&2> wirklich <&?> <&PGn> (<&2> WAS it him <&.,> <&2> REAlly <&?> <&PGn>)

Example 1c: Two-accent phrase with rise-fall-rise + prosodic boundary + rise

<&2> war er das <&.,> <&PGn> <&2> wirklich <&?> <&PGn> (<&2> WAS it him <&.,> <&PGn> <&2> really <&?> <&PGn>)

Example 1d: Two-accent phrase with (rise-)fall + rise

<&2> war er das <&.> <&2> wirklich <&?> <&PGn> (<&2> WAS it him <&.><&2> REAlly <&?> <&PGn>)

2. Synchronization of Peak Contours

Example 2: Peak Shift Series from Early to Late

11 stimuli Sie hat ja gelogen. She's been lying.

Example 3: Early, Medial and Late Peak Positions

Example 3a: early peak Sie hat ja gelogen.

Example 3b: medial peak Sie hat ja gelogen.

Example 3c: late peak Sie hat ja gelogen.

Example 4: Pragmatic Meanings of Early, Medial and Late Peaks

Example 4a Early Peak in Sie hat ja gelogen. = finality - established clashes with the meaning of unexpectedness in the context Oh! Example 4b Medial Peak in Sie hat ja gelogen. = openness - new observation is compatible with the meaning of unexpectedness in the context Oh! Example 4c Late Peak in Sie hat ja gelogen. = unexpectedness - expressive evaluation matches the meaning of unexpectedness in the context Oh!

Example 5: Internal Timing of Peak Contours

Example 5a (identical with Example 3a) Early Peak Synchronization - Symmetrical Rise and Fall

Example 5b Early Peak Synchronization - Slow Fall finality of the early peak is weakened

Example 5c Early Peak Synchronization - Fast Rise and Slow Fall perception goes towards a medial peak

Example 5d (identical with Example 3b Medial Peak Synchronization - Symmetrical Rise and Fall

Example 6: The Medial-to-Late Peak Scale

Example 6a: Medial Peak

Er war mal schlank. He used to be slim. rational observation

Example 6b: Late-Medial Peak

Er war mal schlank. He used to be slim. observation in contrast with expectation

Example 6c: Late Peak

Er war mal schlank. He used to be slim. contrastive observation with expressive evaluation

10 stimuli Und wie ist dein Name. And what's your name.

10 stimuli Und wie ist dein Name. And what's your name.

	Example 9a earliest valley minimum - before the accented-vowel onset Und wie ist dein Name. And what's your name.
	Example 9b latest valley minimum - in the accented vowel Und wie ist dein Name. And what's your name.

Example 10: End Points of Peak Shift Series for comparison - also change of internal timing (shape)

	Example 10a earliest peak maximum - before the accented-vowel onset slow fall weakens finality corresponds to Example 4b, rather than 4a Und wie ist dein Name. And what's your name.
	Example 10b latest peak maximum - in the accented vowel Und wie ist dein Name. And what's your name.

	Example 11a late valleys in context and test sentence - stimulus of Example 9b good pragmatic match Aha. Und wie ist dein Name. Aha. And what's your name.
	Example 11b late valley in context, early valley in test sentence - stimulus of Example 9a bad pragmatic match Aha. Und wie ist dein Name. Aha. And what's your name.
	Example 11c late-medial peaks in context and test sentence - stimulus of Example 10b good pragmatic match Aha. Und wie ist dein Name. Aha. And what's your name.
	Example 11d late-medial peak in context, early peak in test sentence - stimulus of Example 10a bad pragmatic match Aha. Und wie ist dein Name. Aha. And what's your name.

Example 12: Late Peak Contours Complete and Truncated

Besuch in Stockholm bei der ICPhS. Visit Stockholm at the ICPhS HOLM and ES have late peaks, but the latter is truncated in the short vowel before the voiceless fricative

© Klaus J. Kohler, IPdS Kiel, 2006