Intervallic intonation: Applying the Implication-Realization model of musical melody to speech intonation and prosody.

ABSTRACT: This methodological study presents the Implication-Realization (IR) model as a framework for the analysis of linguistic prosody and examines its application to English-language examples of speech. Originally developed by Eugene Narmour for music analysis, IR's cognitively-based approach views melodies as hierarchical structures formed through processes of implication and closure. It parses melodies by comparing successive pitch intervals while also considering duration and potentially other parameters. With computational assistance from a newly developed set of Praat scripts (IRProsodyParser), the study applies an adapted version of IR's symbology to several Modern American English examples. In this adaptation, comparisons of successive pitch intervals form the basis for a categorical clas

SUBMITTER: Cramer AW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12617862 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature