Modelling Speech-Song Relations: An Exploratory Study of Pitch Contours, Tones and Prosodic Domains in Anyi
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We investigate the relation between performances of speech and of song in the awosi dirge genre of Anyi (Kwa, Côte d’Ivoire). The relation between speech and song prosody has not been extensively studied, in terms of either structure or performance variation. We address phonetic issues of pitch height, tonal prominence, downtrends of speech in relation to melodic trends in song, and the phonological issue of prosodic domains. We propose a Conventionality Scale for speech and song, and suggest that conventional song genres in a tone language such as Anyi, with a heavily constrained prosodic system, are eminently suitable for such comparisons.
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