Studia Polensia, Vol. 14 No. 1, 2025.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.32728/studpol/2025.14.01.07
Intonation in Croatian: Theory and Classroom Practice
Matea Glavinić
; Juraj Dobrila University of Pula
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* Corresponding author.
Abstract
From the first description for stylistic purposes to the presentation
of intonation as prosody, as expressed in a very comprehensive description
by the academician Škarić, intonation now has its place in Croatian
literature and has been described in several contemporary grammars and
manuals. A comparative analysis of the grammar of the Croatian language
systematizes the description of intonation and its recording. According
to the review of intonation in literature, an analysis of primary and
secondary school textbooks was carried out in theory and practice, and a
speech corpus from the Croatian school system was also selected and the
intonation in the lecturers’ speech was studied. The lecturers’ speech from
the programs Škola za život and Škola na Trećem was recorded in audio and
analyzed. The corpus consists of 135 minutes of video lectures of randomly
selected school subjects and speakers in the lower grades of elementary
school and the fourth grade of high school. A description of intonation in
theory and specific examples from practice, prepared or learned speech and
spontaneous speech are here observed in thier relationship, on the basis of
which children consciously or unconsciously adopt intonation.
Keywords
intonation,; intonation core; grammar; sentence intonation; speech
Hrčak ID:
340350
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Publication date:
5.12.2025.
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