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The Sound of Text: Prosody and Typography in French Read-Aloud Speech book cover

1st Edition

The Sound of Text Prosody and Typography in French Read-Aloud Speech

By Mari Wiklund Copyright 2026
186 Pages 52 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

186 Pages 52 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book examines the dynamic relationship between speech prosody and typographical features, offering a framework for understanding how different linguistic systems mediate the interactions between written and spoken language. The volume charts how typographical features are interpreted prosodically in read-aloud texts, exploring the interplay of prosody, with its role in conveying meaning,... Read more

Chapter 1: Introduction, Chapter 2: Full Stops and Commas: Prosodic Cues and Their Role in Bridging Written and Spoken Language, Chapter 3: Intonational Divergence in Interrogatives: Comparing Finnish Learners and Native French Speakers, Chapter 4: Prosodic Interpretation of Exclamation Marks: A Comparative Study of Finnish Learners and Native French Speakers, Chapter 5: The Role of Pitch Reset in Discourse Organization: Insights from Finnish Speech-to-Text Interpreting and Audio Descriptions, Chapter 6: Prosodic Boundaries and Comma Placement: Analyzing Subordinate Clauses and Syntactic Structure in French, Chapter 7: The Role of Pitch Reset in Discourse Cohesion: Insights from Finnish Monologous Presentations, Chapter 8: Conclusions, References, Index

Biography

Mari Wiklund is Senior University Lecturer in French language and culture at the University of Helsinki, Finland.

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