[Lingtyp] High pitch in direct quotative speech

[Clemens Mayer]

Hi folks,

I'm a PhD candidate at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, working with
Woleaian (Oceanic-Micronesian). I've found a particular prosodical
phenomenon wherein direct quotative speech is always paired with high
falsetto pitch. This occurs regardless of speaker's and quoted person's
gender, and occurs across speech genres.
I was wondering whether any of you have seen this (type of) prosodic cue as
part of quotative speech. Of course happy to provide more detailed data on
request.

Thanks!

- Clemens

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Clemens (Clé) Kūhaʻo Mayer
*he/they; hij/hen; ʻo ia*
*University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Dept. of Linguistics*
PhD Candidate
Austronesian Circle Organizer
Online Learning Coordinator
cjmayer.github.io
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