In:Intonation in Language Contact: The case of Spanish in Catalonia
Jonas Grünke
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 286] 2024
► pp. v–viii
Published online: 28 November 2024
https://doi.org/10.1075/la.286.toc
https://doi.org/10.1075/la.286.toc
Table of contents
Chapter 1.Introduction
1
Chapter 2.Spanish-Catalan language contact and Catalonian Spanish
7
2.1Spanish-Catalan language contact: Historical background and present
sociolinguistic situation
7
2.2Research into Catalan-contact Spanish
17
2.3Linguistic features of Catalan-contact Spanish
24
2.3.1Lexical and grammatical features of CCS
24
2.3.2Segmental features of CCS phonetics and phonology
32
2.3.3Suprasegmental features of CCS phonetics and phonology
37
Chapter 3.Theoretical background and description of Castilian Spanish
and Central Catalan intonation 42
and Central Catalan intonation 42
3.1Intonation
42
3.1.1Models of intonation and annotation systems
42
3.1.1.1Autosegmental-Metrical model
45
3.1.1.2ToBI
56
3.1.2Intonation of Castilian Spanish and Central Catalan
in comparison 59
in comparison 59
3.1.2.1Inventory of pitch accents and boundary tones
63
3.1.2.2Intonational tunes in Castilian Spanish
and Central Catalan 67
and Central Catalan 67
3.2Language contact
80
3.2.1Key terms and approaches
80
3.2.2Contact-induced phonological change
99
3.2.3Transfer and convergence at the intonational level:
Case studies 102
Case studies 102
3.3Bilingualism and language dominance
110
Chapter 4.Methodology, speakers, and data
126
4.1Assessing language dominance
126
4.2Speakers
130
4.2.1Language history
136
4.2.2Language use
139
4.2.3Language proficiency
142
4.2.4Language attitudes
143
4.3Materials and procedure
144
4.3.1Semi-spontaneous data
145
4.3.2Read data
147
Chapter 5.Results
159
5.1Intonational analysis
159
5.1.1Neutral statements
159
5.1.1.1Neutral declarative statements
160
5.1.1.2Enumerations
169
5.1.1.3Peripheral elements
171
5.1.2Biased statements
180
5.1.2.1Contrastive-focus statements
180
5.1.2.2Exclamative statements
183
5.1.2.3Contradiction statements
185
5.1.2.4Dubitative statements
188
5.1.3Neutral polar questions
189
5.1.3.1Information-seeking yes–no questions
189
5.1.3.1.1Overview of the analysed neutral
yes–no questions 192
yes–no questions 192
5.1.3.1.2Intonation of information-seeking yes–no
questions without que 195
questions without que 195
5.1.3.1.3Information-seeking yes–no questions headed
by que 219
by que 219
5.1.3.1.4Peripheral elements in yes–no question of more
than one tonal unit 225
than one tonal unit 225
5.1.3.1.5Effects of speaker origin and language dominance
227
5.1.3.1.6Summary: Information-seeking
yes–no questions 230
yes–no questions 230
5.1.3.2Disjunctive questions
231
5.1.4Biased polar questions
235
5.1.4.1Exclamative yes–no questions
(with counterexpectational meaning) 235
(with counterexpectational meaning) 235
5.1.4.2Confirmation-seeking yes–no questions
240
5.1.5Neutral wh-questions
243
5.1.6Biased wh-questions
254
5.1.6.1Exclamative wh-questions
254
5.1.6.2Imperative wh-questions
258
5.1.7Echo questions
262
5.1.7.1Echo yes–no questions
262
5.1.7.2Echo wh-questions
264
5.1.7.3Exclamative echo yes–no questions
(with counterexpectational meaning) 267
(with counterexpectational meaning) 267
5.1.8Imperatives
270
5.1.8.1Commands
270
5.1.8.2Requests
272
5.1.9Vocatives
275
5.1.10Supplementary analysis of Girona Spanish read speech
278
5.1.10.1Girona Spanish que-questions
278
5.1.10.2Girona Spanish dislocations
285
5.2Tonal inventory of Girona Spanish and Girona Catalan
288
5.2.1Phonological status of the prenuclear pitch accents in Girona Spanish
and Girona Catalan
288
5.2.2Phonological status of the nuclear configurations of inner ips
in Girona Spanish and Girona Catalan 292
in Girona Spanish and Girona Catalan 292
5.2.3Phonological status of the nuclear configurations of IPs
in Girona Spanish and Girona Catalan 294
in Girona Spanish and Girona Catalan 294
5.2.4Inventory of pitch accents and boundary tones in Girona
Spanish and Girona Catalan 305
Spanish and Girona Catalan 305
Chapter 6.Discussion
309
6.1Similarities and differences between the prosodic systems of Girona
Spanish and Girona Catalan
310
6.2Variation in Girona Spanish and Girona Catalan
312
6.3Prosodic distance between Girona Spanish and Castilian Spanish
and between Girona Catalan and other Central Catalan varieties 317
and between Girona Catalan and other Central Catalan varieties 317
6.4How can the similarities and differences between the GS and GC
intonational systems be explained in terms of language contact?
324
6.4.1Neutral statements
324
6.4.2Biased statements
325
6.4.3Polar questions
329
6.4.4Wh-questions
341
6.4.5Echo questions
344
6.4.6Imperatives
346
6.4.7Vocatives
347
6.4.8Summary: The prosodic systems of current GS
and current GC 348
and current GC 348
6.5The status of Girona Spanish (and Catalonian Spanish) as a distinctive
variety within the Spanish diasystem
351
6.6How does contact-induced intonational change work?
353
6.7Which intonational features are likely to be transferred?
357
Chapter 7.Conclusion
360
Bibliography
364
Appendix
407
1.Participants’ dominance scores and Complementarity Index
408
2.Language Background Questionnaire (Catalan version)
410
3.Language Background Questionnaire (Spanish version)
415
4.Intonation surveys (Spanish and Catalan)
420
5.Dialogue (with translation)
426
Index
427
