The intonation of the inserted constructions in Russian

Abstract

In present article we state the results
of the complex experimental phonetic
research of the intonation of the inserted constructions.
In the process of the research we
took into account such important factors as
semantics of the inserted constructions, degree
of semantic connectedness of the inserted
constructions with basic expression or with its
separate component, and also the syntactical
dependence/independence of insertions. The
experiment was conducted in the laboratory
of experimental phonetics at The Institute of
Asian and African Studies under Moscow State
University with the help of computer program
Praat 200. On basis of audit analysis of all parameters
of intonation of the inserted constructions
(melody, pause, tempo, volume, timbre)
pause and tempo in aggregate with melody and
volume were identified as relevant.