| Abstract [eng] |
In order to investigate prosodic cues, used for signaling turn relevance place (TRP) in spoken Lithuanian, the analysis of one dialect and standard language data was conducted. Two cases were analyzed: turn completion and early beginnings. Based on the examples of prosodic cues research in other languages and on the primary analysis of the data, it was hypothesized, that: 1) the last possible accent is a more important cue than the terminal pitch movement; 2) at the end of TCU final tones are used in order to signal turn completion. Final results of the analysis refute the first hypothesis, however, it was not sufficient to either confirm or reject the second hypothesis. In addi-tion, a possible pattern of intonation and intensity features, signaling EPV was noticed. Moreover, few possible differences between the signals of EPV in the two variants of Lithuanian are suggest-ed, although they might be influenced by the type of conversation that was used for analysis. |
