Prosodic pattern of the illocutionary act of a threatening demand (based on an experimental and phonetic study)
https://doi.org/10.18384/2949-5075-2026-1-103-111
Abstract
Aim. Obtaining acoustic parameters of speech (frequency of the fundamental tone, intensity and duration) for modeling the prosodic pattern of the illocutionary act of a threatening demand for the purpose of its automatic recognition.
Methodology. The experimental phonetic study involved utterances produced by five native German speakers proficient in pronunciation norms. The methodology is a comprehensive analysis: auditory, acoustic and comparative, using the Praat computer program.
Results. The conducted study allowed us to obtain a prosodic pattern of the speech act of a threatening demand at the level of the frequency of the fundamental tone, intensity and duration. The strongest correlation is observed between melody and loudness. The threatening demand is characterized by a smooth tone and loudness, a discontinuous development of the temporal feature, and an accentuation of the first stressed syllable, which is evident at all levels.
Research implications. The study of the threatening demand as an independent illocutionary act allows us to clarify the classification of speech acts. The results of the study can be used in teaching German to develop students' prosodic competence, and can also find application in forensic linguistics.
About the Author
D. V. Groshev
Bauman Moscow State Technical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Dmitry V. Groshev – Cand. Sci. (Philology), Assoc. Prof., Department of Romano-Germanic Languages
Moscow
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