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  • 12 - The Intonation of Declaratives and Polar Questions in Modern versus Heritage Icelandic

  • Edited by Rajiv Rao, University of Wisconsin, Madison
  • Book:
    The Phonetics and Phonology of Heritage Languages
    Published online:
    15 February 2024
    Print publication:
    22 February 2024, pp 259-279

  • Summary

    Based on quasi-spontaneous speech data taken from a map task study designed to test Icelandic intonation, this chapter compares the intonation of declaratives and polar questions (PQs) in moribund North American (heritage) Icelandic (NAmIce), spoken by elderly speakers in Manitoba, Canada, to that of Modern Icelandic (ModIce), spoken by two age groups in Iceland. We find similarities between ModIce and NAmIce that we interpret as maintenance of Icelandic characteristics in NAmIce (e.g., L*+H L% nuclear contour in NAmIce PQs), as well as differences that we interpret as transfer from North American English to NAmIce (e.g., L* H% nuclear contour in NAmIce PQs, L*+H nuclear accent in NAmIce declaratives). These results are in line with previous research on intonation in heritage languages. We do not find pervasive differences between the two ModIce age groups.