This paper presents the results of a series of experiments which examine the impact of two information status categories (given and new) and frequency of occurrence on pitch accent realisations. More specifically the experiments explore within-type similarity of pitch accent productions and the effect information status and frequency of occurrence have on these productions. The results indicate a significant influence of both pitch accent type and information status category on the degree of within-type variability, in line with exemplartheoretic expectations.
['Katrin Schweitzer', 'Michael Walsh', 'Bernd Möbius', 'Arndt Riester', 'Antje Schweitzer', 'Hinrich Schütze']
Frequency Matters: Pitch Accents and Information Status