This book provides a state-of-the-art survey of intonation and
prosodic structure. Taking a phonological perspective, it shows how
morpho-syntactic constituents are mapped to prosodic constituents
according to well-formedness conditions. Using a tone-sequence model
of intonation, it explores individual tones and how they combine, and
discusses how information structure affects intonation in several
ways, showing tones and melodies to be 'meaningful' in that they add a
pragmatic component to what is being said. The author also shows how,
despite a superficial similarity, languages differ in how their tonal
patterns arise from tone concatenation. Lexical tones, stress, phrase
tones, and boundary tones are assigned differently in different
languages, resulting in great variation in intonational grammar, both
at the lexical and sentential level. The last chapter is dedicated to
experimental studies of how we process prosody. The book will be of
interest to advanced students and researchers in linguistics, and
particularly in phonological theory.
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ISBN
9781316839997
Publisert
2021
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Cambridge University Press
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Engelsk
Format
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Digital bok
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