Publications

Authors:

Fiorin, Gaetano; Delfitto, Denis

Title:

Syncopation as structure bootstrapping: the role of asymmetry in rhythm and language

Year:

2024

Type of item:

Articolo in Rivista

Tipologia ANVUR:

Articolo su rivista

Language:

Inglese

Referee:

No

Name of journal:

FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY

ISSN of journal:

1664-1078

N° Volume:

15

Page numbers:

1-23

Keyword:

hierarchy; linearization; meter; rhythm; syncopation; syntax

Short description of contents:

: Syncopation - the occurrence of a musical event on a metrically weak position preceding a rest on a metrically strong position - represents an important challenge in the study of the mapping between rhythm and meter. In this contribution, we present the hypothesis that syncopation is an effective strategy to elicit the bootstrapping of a multi-layered, hierarchically organized metric structure from a linear rhythmic surface. The hypothesis is inspired by a parallel with the problem of linearization in natural language syntax, which is the problem of how hierarchically organized phrase-structure markers are mapped onto linear sequences of words. The hypothesis has important consequences for the role of meter in music perception and cognition and, more particularly, for its role in the relationship between rhythm and bodily entrainment.

Product ID:

138278

Handle IRIS:

11562/1121109

Last Modified:

November 29, 2024

Bibliographic citation:

Fiorin, Gaetano; Delfitto, Denis, Syncopation as structure bootstrapping: the role of asymmetry in rhythm and language «FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY» , vol. 15 , 2024 , pp. 1-23

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