TEMPORAL FEATURES OF THE SPEECH OF CHEF
Journal Title: Записки з романо-германської філології - Year 2017, Vol 2, Issue
Abstract
This article considers the temporal component of the prosody of British chef Nigel Slater when presenting “Roast Duck with Citrus” recipe. The conducted instrumental research is based on the analysis of the following characteristics: average syllable duration (ASD), pausation ratio (Kp), average duration of pauses. Tempo and pausing play an important role in the intonational characteristic of speech and are means of identification. Pause is organically connected with the text and is its integral part. It not only plays a certain role in the division of speech into meaningful segments, but largely determines the rhythmic structure of the text, and also influences the character of the tempo. The study of temporal characteristics of the speech of British chefs hasn’t yet been given due attention. It seems interesting to trace how speech tempo of the informant depends on his communicative objectives and intentions. The main objective of the research is comprehensive study of temporal features of the speech of British chef Nigel Slater. Results of the study showed prevailing of minor amount of pauses in speech of investigated informant. The data allows to conclude that speech tempo is quite fast, pauses are evenly distributed between important within the meaning parts of speech.
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A. K. Kovalchuk
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- EP ID EP389233
- DOI 10.18524/2307-4604.2017.2(39).118610
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