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Informationen zum Autor LÁSZLÓ VARGA is Professor of Linguistics at the English Linguistics Department at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, and a well-known scholar of Hungarian intonation. Klappentext This is the first comprehensive account of Hungarian stress and intonation to appear in English. The emphasis is on description, but a large number of theoretical issues are also dealt with in an original way. Hungarian is a Uralic or Finno-Ugric language spoken by over thirteen million people in Central Europe. The study of its stress and intonation will be of special interest to intonationists, phonologists, Hungarian language specialists, and their students at intermediate level and above. Zusammenfassung This is the first comprehensive account of Hungarian stress and intonation to appear in English. The emphasis is on description, but a large number of theoretical issues are also dealt with in an original way. Hungarian is a Uralic or Finno-Ugric language spoken by over thirteen million people in Central Europe. The study of its stress and intonation will be of special interest to intonationists, phonologists, Hungarian language specialists, and their students at intermediate level and above. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables List of Intonational Transcription Symbols Other Symbols and Abbreviations Hungarian Letters-to-Sound Correspondence Introduction PART I: INTONATION Intonation, Paralanguage, Prosody A Taxonomic Analysis of Hungarian Intonation An Autosegmental Analysis of Hungarian Intonation The Melodic Segmentation of Hungarian Utterances PART II: STRESS Stress in Hungarian Words, Phrases, and Sentences Rhythmical Variation in Phrasal Compounds Rhythmical Secondary Stresses Summary and Conclusions Notes References Subject Index
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List of Tables List of Intonational Transcription Symbols Other Symbols and Abbreviations Hungarian Letters-to-Sound Correspondence Introduction PART I: INTONATION Intonation, Paralanguage, Prosody A Taxonomic Analysis of Hungarian Intonation An Autosegmental Analysis of Hungarian Intonation The Melodic Segmentation of Hungarian Utterances PART II: STRESS Stress in Hungarian Words, Phrases, and Sentences Rhythmical Variation in Phrasal Compounds Rhythmical Secondary Stresses Summary and Conclusions Notes References Subject Index
