Prosodic phrasing of the parenthetical <i>palun</i> ‘please’ in Estonian requests
Eva Liina Asu,
Heete Sahkai,
Pärtel Lippus
Abstract:This study investigates the prosody of the Estonian parenthetical palun ‘please’ in imperative requests. The occurrence of prosodic phrase boundary cues such as pauses, pre-boundary lengthening, and creaky voice as well as pitch characteristics and accentuation are analysed. The analysis is based on 753 utterances, where palun appears in three different positions: initial, medial or final. The requests were elicited using context descriptions from 21 female speakers of Estonian.
The results show that palun is … Show more
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