Prosodic Characteristics of Metadiscursive Utterances

Abstract

In this work, we analyze the prosody organization of metadiscursive utterances in speech flow. Based on the theories of prosodic phonology and metric and self-segmentation of intonation, we analyzed seven audio surveys token from the NURC Digital Project data. In general, we found that in the variety of Brazilian Portuguese studied, the metadiscursive statements are produced, prosodically, as an independent structure from those adjacent to them.