Abstract Pitch accent is a component of prosody that is often used to convey in- formation beyond the intrinsic linguistic meaning of a spoken utterance, such as highlighting words that correspond to important information, or in signaling a contrast with information that was previously conveyed. This information-bearing aspect of pitch accent is therefore important for […]
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I am a computational linguist, currently working in the natural languages group at Apple in Cupertino, California. I love language and culture and can speak French, German, and am currently learning Italian; I've also dabbled in Russian and Hindi. And since writing is the best way to solidify knowledge of a new language, this is where I plan to post 'em.