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On the intonation Contour of the Subject Clauses

Author(s): Vladislav Marinov
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Phonetics / Phonology, Syntax, Eastern Slavic Languages, Philology
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: subject clause; intonation contour; phonetics; syntax

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the intonation contours of the complex sentences with subject clauses in Bulgarian. It shows that there exists partial similarity between the intonation contours of some complex sentences with subject clauses and with modifier clauses. A conclusion is made that when the subject clause is introduced by the relative „който“ (“who”), in the intersentential area between the two sentences a pause occurs that probably marks the missing subject. In cases when the subordinate clause is postpositioned and introduced by the subordinators „да“ (“to”), „че“ (“that”) and „как“ (“how”), the whole complex sentence is formed as a one-component phrase and pronounced without a pause.

  • Issue Year: 11/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 369-380
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Bulgarian