Variation in prosodic and segmental marking of yes-no questions in Tunisian Arab
We explore the relationship between prosodic and segmental question-marking strategies in a production study which investigates:
- regional variation between the north (Tunis) and the south-east of Tunisia
- potential transfer of one or both strategies into speakers’ spoken second language English.
- Our results confirm the close relationship between the presence of epenthesis and the complexity of the accompanying prosodic contour; a rise-fall rather than a plain rise.
Researchers: Nadia Bouchhioua, Sam Hellmuth, Rana Alhussein Almbark.