Well-Formedness Tunes of Russian Intonational Phrase

Abstract

An intonational phrase in the Russian language often shows a different intonation tone in phonetic realization, despite having the same syntax structure and phonological structure. This paper examines the types of well-formedness tunes of an intonational phrase, which is a basic block of Russian intonation. The well-formedness tunes in an intonational phrase refers to a chain of two large phonological events, that is, a composition of pitch accent and binary tone. Pitch accent can make not only single tones, but also dual tones possible, as it can appear differently in tones as well as in the quality of controlling alignment with texts. The key question of this paper is how to use the explanation on intonational phrases described by the intonational phonology when applying to a specific Russian language and how the types of intonational phrase that are appropriate for the explanation of Russian intonation are composed. For classification of well-formedness tunes, this paper considered potential variables that determine the types of intonation and analyzed locution data by using the Praat program.