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| What is the diference between a "pitch accent" and a "melodic accent"? | What is the diference between a "pitch accent" and a "melodic accent"? | ||
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| Different function. They have the pitch variation in common, though. Melodic accent ''depends on'' grammatical rules, and may for instance ''accentuate'' in a similar way as ] is used in other languages — or ''together'' with vocal stress. | |||
| What might be called the utilization of melodic accent to express differences depending on the roots of words is explained at http://www.webgraph.se/bosse.thoren/prosodi_eng.html — however, I do not agree with the author of that page when he states that there be no difference in vocal stress. That page also lacks comparisons between the different melodic accents typical for the language's high status varieties. | |||
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What is the diference between a "pitch accent" and a "melodic accent"?
- User:213.112.113.118 13:28, 4 Dec 2004
Different function. They have the pitch variation in common, though. Melodic accent depends on grammatical rules, and may for instance accentuate in a similar way as vocal stress is used in other languages — or together with vocal stress.
What might be called the utilization of melodic accent to express differences depending on the roots of words is explained at http://www.webgraph.se/bosse.thoren/prosodi_eng.html — however, I do not agree with the author of that page when he states that there be no difference in vocal stress. That page also lacks comparisons between the different melodic accents typical for the language's high status varieties.
--Johan Magnus 16:09, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)