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- Title
Prosodic Cues of Narrative Segmentation in Robert Frost's 'Mending Wall': A Phono-Pragmatic Exploration.
- Authors
AL-Badri, Manaar M. A.; Al-Zubaidi, Nassier A. G.
- Abstract
There is much research on the syntax-semantics and the syntax-phonology interaction. However, the exact relation between prosodic patterns and informational structure (as part of pragmatics) is still to be investigated. In this empirical study, we challenge the view that prosody and pragmatics are two autonomous levels of grammar. This paper is an analysis of the narrative poem 'Mending Wall' recited by Robert Frost to explore the prosodic features and the associated pragmatic meanings. It is proposed that a set of intentionally manipulated suprasegmental features form a prosodic grammar that works in line with syntax and lexical choices to build the narrative discourse and achieve pragmatic meanings. The paper shows that the amalgamation of certain prosodic features is manipulated to signal certain sections of the narrative and participate in segmenting the story into sections. Since the narrative structure is thought to be universal, we think that the procedures followed can be easily applied to other languages.
- Subjects
FROST, Robert, 1874-1963; VERSIFICATION; NARRATIVE poetry; NARRATIVES; PROSODIC analysis (Linguistics); PRAGMATICS; AMALGAMATION
- Publication
Theory & Practice in Language Studies (TPLS), 2023, Vol 13, Issue 1, p69
- ISSN
1799-2591
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.17507/tpls.1301.09