In studies of Russian prosody, wh-questions have traditionally received less attention compared to polar questions and declaratives. However, the range of pragmatic meanings that native speakers of Russian convey in this phrase type is remarkably broad; previous research reports intonational means of marking reproach, interest, scolding, bewilderment, annoyance, and excitement. This monograph explores how pragmatics and information structure are conveyed in Russian wh-questions through intonation. Based on experimental and corpus data, the study offers a phonological analysis of the observed tunes, identifies patterns of prosodic variability, and proposes an explanatory model for this variation.
University of Venice Ca' Foscari, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-3989-5433
Book Title
Интонация русского частного вопроса / The Intonation of Russian Wh-questions
Authors
Pavel Duryagin
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
174
Publication Year
2024
Copyright Information
© 2024 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0466-8
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0465-1
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0466-8
eISBN (epub)
979-12-215-0467-5
Series Title
Biblioteca di Studi Slavistici
Series ISSN
2612-7687
Series E-ISSN
2612-7679