Chinese Prosodic Transcription (CHIPROT) and the prediction of prosodic structure

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Chinese Prosodic Transcription (CHIPROT) and the prediction of prosodic structure

Original language description

This paper introduces a new prosodic transcription called CHIPROT (based on Hanyu Pinyin), primarily designed for L2 teaching purposes. It is a tool for transcribing putonghua utterances of colloquial style delivered at a natural tempo. CHIPROT may also be used to indicate the prominence patterns of short phrases (2–3 syllables) called “minimodules”, or phonetic chunks, which draw on the notion of formulaic language. The features labelled by CHIPROT are (1) the degree of prominence of particular syllables (ma, mā, mā, MĀ), and (2) phrasing (prosodic words and prosodic phrases). CHIPROT was initially inspired by the system of Prof. O. Švarný (1920–2011). However, it is based on a different phonological analysis of Chinese stress. Crucial notions are a normal syllable and a weakened syllable. The current paper argues that many features of prosodic structure (particularly syllable weakening) can be predicted, and that these predictions can be built into the transcription procedure. CHIPROT is graphically simple and highly intuitive. It has been tested in pedagogic practice. Final version, presented in this article, has already been systematically applied in a recently published textbook (Mluvte čínsky hezky: prozodie hovorové čínštiny / Třísková, Academia 2021). CHIPROT can be used by teachers and compilers of pedagogic materials and may also be useful for linguists engaged in research on connected speech.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

C - Chapter in a specialist book

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60202 - Specific languages

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Book/collection name

Studies in Prosodic Grammar / 韵律语法研究

ISBN

978-7-5619-6224-4

Number of pages of the result

47

Pages from-to

"Roč. 9 (2022)"

Number of pages of the book

224

Publisher name

Beijing Language and Culture University Press

Place of publication

Beijing

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