Intonation of the Khakas fairytales
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https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2021/12/0050/000523Keywords:
intonation, information structure, fairytales, Khakas languageAbstract
With the Khakas intonation contours having already been described on the material of colloquial speech, the purpose of the present paper is to verify their usage in Khakas folklore. The data on Khakas fairytales are consistent with previous studies. Both declarative and interrogative utterances have rising-falling tone and intensity patterns, with differences in the position of intensity peaks and the distribution of tone changes. The texts include dialogues with reporting clauses, which are characterized by their own intonation patterns: at the beginning, the tone rises, implying further continuation, while final remarks proceed with the general falling trend of the ending. This is consistent with the authors’ previous studies on the intonation of other Turkic languages.
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