Open AccessSort of/kind of : réalisations prosodiques
Author(s) -
Céline Horgues
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
anglophonia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2802-2777
pISSN - 1278-3331
DOI - 10.4000/anglophonia.270
Subject(s) - sort , linguistics , prosody , expression (computer science) , function (biology) , simple (philosophy) , psychology , computer science , mathematics , epistemology , arithmetic , philosophy , biology , evolutionary biology , programming language
International audienceThis paper aims to explore the relationship between prosodic form and the different linguistic functions of the sort of/kind of constructions. Certain previous research has given a simplistic outlook on this relationship, where the prosodic correlates systematically cue the two main types of functions: the nominal use (Type use) is associated with accentual prominence realised with a full form of sort/kind whereas the discourse marker use is realised as non-prominent and phonologically reduced. However, the analysis of a few counter-examples to this generalisation will show that prosody should not be regarded as a simple reflexion of the linguistic function of sort of/kind of but rather as a linguistic marker in its own right contributing to the expression of discourse-specific meanings