This paper examines the lexical tonal accent contrast in monosyllabic words in the Trondersk dialect of Norwegian. The results of a production experiment in which speakers produced the unmarked accent and the circumflex accent showed that the tonal distinction is characterized by a difference in f0 maximum, f0 height at onset, f0 minimum and its timing, and height of the final Accent Phrase H tone. The presence of the tonal accent contrast on monosyllabic words is unusual among dialects of Norwegian and Swedish.
Cite as: Kelly, N., Smiljanic, R. (2014) Monosyllabic Lexical Pitch Contrasts in Norwegian. Proc. Speech Prosody 2014, 767-771, doi: 10.21437/SpeechProsody.2014-142
@inproceedings{kelly14_speechprosody,
author={Niamh Kelly and Rajka Smiljanic},
title={{Monosyllabic Lexical Pitch Contrasts in Norwegian}},
year=2014,
booktitle={Proc. Speech Prosody 2014},
pages={767--771},
doi={10.21437/SpeechProsody.2014-142}
}