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 | Lehiste I. Livonian prosody / Lehiste I., Teras P., Ernštreits V., Lippus P., Pajusalu K., Tuisk T., Viitso T.-R. - Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilaisen seura, 2008. - 165 p. - (Suomalais-ugrilaisen seuran toimituksia; Vol. 255). - ISSN 0355-0230; ISBN 978-052-5667-01-1
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Chapter 1
Introduction ................................................... 13
Chapter 2
Survey of previous research on Livonian prosody ................ 15
2.1. Introduction .............................................. 15
2.2. Phonological studies on Livonian quantity ................. 18
2.2.1. Vowel quantity ..................................... 18
2.2.2. Consonant quantity ................................. 19
2.3. Phonological studies on Livonian word intonation .......... 21
2.4. Previous experimental research on Livonian prosody ........ 24
2.5. Summary ................................................... 32
Chapter 3
Acoustic analysis of Livonian prosody .......................... 35
3.1. Introduction .............................................. 35
3.2. Materials and method ...................................... 35
3.3. Quantity in Livonian ...................................... 37
3.3.1. Monosyllabic words ................................. 37
3.3.2. Disyllabic words ................................... 41
3.3.2.1. Disyllabic words with a short open first
syllable ....................................... 41
3.3.2.2. Disyllabic words with a long open first
syllable ....................................... 42
3.3.2.2.1. Long monophthong as the first syllable
nucleus .................................... 42
3.3.2.2.2. Long diphthong as the first syllable
nucleus .................................... 47
3.3.2.2.3. Long triphthong as the first syllable
nucleus .................................... 50
3.3.2.2.4. Conclusion ................................. 52
3.3.2.2.5. Latvian disyllabic words, open first
syllable ................................... 53
3.3.2.3. Disyllabic words with a long closed first
syllable ................................... 56
3.3.3. Secondary stressed feet in tetrasyllable words ..... 61
3.3.4. Foot isochrony ..................................... 64
3.4. Tone in Livonian .......................................... 67
3.4.1. Monosyllabic words ................................. 67
3.4.2. Disyllabic words ................................... 72
3.4.2.1. Disyllabic words with a short open first
syllable ....................................... 72
3.4.2.2. Disyllabic words with a long open first
syllable ....................................... 73
3.4.2.2.1. Words where stød is not expected ........... 73
3.4.2.2.2. Words where stød is expected ............... 77
3.4.2.2.3. Conclusion ................................. 79
3.4.2.2.4. Spontaneous speech by the older male
speaker vb ................................. 80
3.4.2.2.5. F0 patterns on Latvian disyllabic words
with a long open first syllable ............ 81
3.5. Vowel quality in stressed and unstressed syllables ........ 84
3.5.1. Vowel quality in stressed syllables ................ 84
3.5.2. Vowel quality in unstressed syllables .............. 87
3.5.3. Conclusion ......................................... 91
Chapter 4
Results ........................................................ 93
4.1. Introduction .............................................. 93
4.2. Quantity .................................................. 93
4.2.1. Monophthongs and diphthongs ........................ 93
4.2.2. Consonants ......................................... 94
4.3. Tone in Livonian .......................................... 95
4.3.1. Laryngealization/stød .............................. 95
4.3.2. Direction of fundamental frequency movement ........ 95
Bibliography ................................................... 97
Abbreviations and symbols ..................................... 101
Appendix 1. Map of Northern Courland .......................... 102
Appendix 2. List of test words ................................ 103
Appendix 3. Longer list of test words ......................... 106
Appendix 4. Additional data obtained in the course of
acoustic analysis ................................. 113
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