Intonation in varieties of Dutch

The regional origin of non-standard speakers of Dutch can in large part be identified on the basis of the fundamental frequency of their speech (Gooskens 1997). While the intonation patterns of non-standard Dutch must therefore generally be different from those of the standard language, we do not know what these differences are. The project Intonation in varieties of Dutch aims at answering this question based on three dialects of Dutch (Zeelandic, Frisian and Low Saxon) as well as two urban dialects (spoken in Amsterdam and Rotterdam). See map

The intonational patterns of these varieties are systematically analyzed and compared with each other as well as with Standard Dutch. The study of native dialects is enriched by the analysis of the pronunciation of learners of Dutch with a Chinese language background.

Subprojects

Subproject 1: Regional variation in the intonation of Dutch (postdoc)

Subproject 2: Phonetic features of dialect-accented Dutch (PhD)

Subproject 3: Between Chinese and Dutch, characterizing Chinese Dutch intonation (PhD)

Staff

Prof. Dr. Carlos Gussenhoven: director and promotor (2006-2010)

Prof. Dr. Joerg Peters: postdoc in subproject 1, promotor in subproject 2 (2006-2009)

Dr. Rachel Fournier: postdoc in subproject 1 (2008-2009)

Drs. Judith Hanssen: PhD student in subproject 2 (2006-2010)

Drs. Marjel van Dijk: PhD student in subproject 3 ( 2006-2008)

Drs. He Xuliang: PhD student in subproject 3 (2008-2010)

Drs. Joop Kerkhoff (RU Nijmegen): technical support (2006-2010)

Mw. Lian van Hoof: student assistant in all subprojects (2008-2009)

Mw. Renske Teeuw: student assistant in all subprojects (2008-2009)

Funding

Direct funding: C.Gussenhoven, J. Kerkhoff

Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO, Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek): J. Peters, R. Fournier, J. Hanssen, M. van Dijk, H. Xuliang, L. van Hoof, R. Teeuw

Selected publications

Hanssen, J., Peters, J. & Gussenhoven, C. (2008) [pdf]. Prosodic Effects of Focus in Dutch Declaratives. In Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2008 (pp. 609-612). Campiñas, Brazil.

Hanssen, J., Peters, J. & Gussenhoven, C. (2007) [pdf]. Phrase-final pitch accommodation effects in Dutch. In J. Trouvain & W.J. Barry (Eds.), Proceedings of the 16th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (pp. 1077-1080). Saarbrücken: Pirrot.

Peters, J., Hanssen, J. & Gussenhoven, C. (2007) [pdf]. Alignment of the second low target in Dutch falling-rising pitch contours. In H. van Hamme & R. van Son (Eds.), Proceedings of Interspeech 2007 (pp. 2641-2644). Antwerp, Belgium

Hanssen, J., Peters, J., Fournier, R. & Gussenhoven, C. (2008) [pdf]. Regional variation in the realisation of IP-final intonation contours in the Netherlands. Poster presented at the Third TIE Conference on Tone and Intonation in Lisbon, September 2008.

Hanssen, J., Peters, J., Fournier, R. & Gussenhoven, C. (2008) [ppt]. Intonation in varieties of Dutch. Presentation held at the Nijmegen Cologne Colloquium, IfL Phonetik Köln, June 2008.

Hanssen, J. (2008) [ppt]. Afbreken of opschieten? Spreken onder druk in drie Nederlandse regiolecten. Presentation held at the Louter Letteren conference, Radboud University Nijmegen, October 2008.

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