Questions of Intonation (Routledge Library Editions: The English Language) - Softcover

Brown, Gillian; Currie, Karen; Kenworthy, Joanne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138918210 ISBN 13: 9781138918214

Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

First published in 1980, this book questions many of the assumptions that have accumulated around the subject of intonation as it occurs in spontaneous speech, as well as texts read aloud. The book suggests alternative ways of examining the subject and primarily uses data derived from Edinburgh speech, which is explicitly compared with descriptions of standard southern English (RP).

The book critically examines many conventional assumptions made about the formal features of intonation, particularly ‘tonic’ or primary stress’, and about the functions of intonation, specifically rising intonation. A model of intonation is presented which demonstrates that the limited resources of intonation are exploited by several different expressive systems. This approach is justified in detailed analysis of extensive stretches of speech, supported by instrumental analysis as well as by experiments which elicit judgements by both naïve and phonetically trained judges.

This book will be of interest to students of linguistics, English Language, speech therapy, and English as a Foreign Language, as well as historians interested in the history of language.

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Gillian Brown, Karen Currie, Joanne Kenworthy

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138918210
• ISBN 13: 9781138918214
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208