ABSTRACT
This book set out to explore the following set of related questions: 1) What role do lexical, pragmatic and prosodic factors play in shaping pitch contours and duration patterns in SIC? 2) How does the presence vs. absence of a lexical pitch and vowel length contrast limit pragmatic and prosodic effects on the alignment of pitch targets, on the pitch-range, and on duration? 3) Are there differences between pragmatic and prosodic effects on Fo peak alignment? 4) How are distinct categories that are defined in the phonology of a language implemented phonetically? The results of the investigation of the two dialects of SIC with distinct phonological properties offer some answers.
