A03 - Prosodic prominence in cross-linguistic perspective - CRC1252 (Prominence in Language)

The basic goal of the project is to contribute to a better understanding of the nature of prosodic prominence by asking how languages differ with regard to the phonological organization of prosodic prominence-lending properties. The main concern in the first phase is with so-called phrase accents, i.e. pitch changes which are not anchored to metrically strong syllables, but to the boundary of prosodic units. The project is concerned with a comprehensive account of the cross-linguistically variable phonetic and phonological properties such accents may have and their position in overall prosodic systems. In later stages, the project will also investigate lexical pitch accents from a cross-linguistic point of view. For a brief introduction to the project, see