[Lingtyp] High pitch in direct quotative speech

[Chip Zuckerman]

Hi Clemens,

This sounds really interesting. I second Martine's suggestion to look at
work on quotation and prosody. I rely on that work in the below paper of
mine, which you may find of interest. If nothing else, the bibliography of
my paper collects many pieces considering the multi-modal resources for
marking off represented discourse. I wish I had been able to incorporate
the case you describe into my paper's argument!

Zuckerman, Charles H. P. “Figure Composition.” *Signs and Society* 9, no. 3
(2021): 263–99. https://doi.org/10.1086/715515.

-Chip

On Thu, Feb 6, 2025 at 9:51 AM Clemens Mayer via Lingtyp <
lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org> wrote:

> 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
>
> ----
> 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
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-- 
Charles (usually, Chip) Zuckerman
Assistant Professor of Formative Education, Boston College
You can read some of my academic work here
<https://bc.academia.edu/CharlesZuckerman>.
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