Intonation and Its Parts - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Intonation and Its Parts write by Dwight Bolinger. This book was released on 1986. Intonation and Its Parts available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "It's not what she said, it's the way that she said it," is a complaint we have all heard (or made) some time or another. What does it refer to? It obviously relates to the various forms of wordless communication, but especially to the speaker's use of intonationthe rise and fall of the pitch of the voiceto convey sarcasm or resignation, anger or apprehension, or any of scores of other moods. In this summation of over forty years of investigation and reflection, the author analyzes the nature, variety and utility of intonation, using some 700 examples from everyday English speech. The work looks at both accent (pitch shift that points up individual words) and overall configurations (melodies that shape the meaning of whole sentences). It shows that most easily understood utterances employ one or another of a surprisingly small stock of basic melodies, and it shows both intonation and visible gesture to be parts of a larger complex that conveys grammatical as well as emotional information. Though it is one of the major divisions of the science of linguistics, intonation is of great interest to others outside of linguisticsto actors and lawyers who must use the voice to assert, to downplay, or to emote; to English teachers as an essential ingredient of idiomatic speech; to musicians for its many common elements in music theory; and to psychologists and anthropologists as a gauge of emotional tension and a clue to behavior.
Intonation and Its Uses
Intonation and Its Uses - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Intonation and Its Uses write by Dwight Bolinger. This book was released on 1989. Intonation and Its Uses available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is the second and concluding volume of the author's magnum opus on intonation, the summation of over forty years of investigation and reflection. The first volume, Intonation and Its Parts: Melody in Spoken English, was published in 1986. Intonation, or speech melody, refers to the rise and fall of the pitch of the voice in speech; it has intimate ties to facial expression and bodily gesture, and conveys, underneath it all, emotions and attitudes. Most of the first volume was devoted to explaining the basic nature, variety, and untility of intonation, using, as in the present volume, hundreds of examples from everyday English speech, presented much in the manner of musical notation. The present volume looks at how intonation varies among speakers and societies in terms of age, sex and region; how it interacts with grammar; and how it has been invoked to explain certain questions of logic. The discussion of variation shows the degree to which intonation can be conventionalized and yet embody a universal core of feelings and attitudes, renewed with each generation. The remainder of the book demonstrates that no explanation of those apparently more arbitrary phenomena with which intonation interacts is adequate if it ignores that emotive undercurrent. In examining recent proposals for a defining relationship between intonation and grammar or logic, the author shows that such relationships are inferential and based on attitudinal meanings. For example, a given intonation does not mean 'factuality', but rather 'speaker confidence', from which factuality is inferred. In general, the author shows intonation operating independently in its own sphere, but as nevertheless indispensable to interpreting other more arbitrary parts of language.
The Communicative Value of Intonation in English Book
The Communicative Value of Intonation in English Book - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Communicative Value of Intonation in English Book write by David Brazil. This book was released on 1997-05-29. The Communicative Value of Intonation in English Book available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The revised edition of David Brazil's seminal work The Communicative Value of Intonation in English.
Intonation and Prosodic Structure
Intonation and Prosodic Structure - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Intonation and Prosodic Structure write by Caroline Féry. This book was released on 2017. Intonation and Prosodic Structure available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book provides a state-of-the-art survey of intonation and prosody from a phonological perspective, for advanced students and researchers in phonology.
English Intonation PB and Audio CD
English Intonation PB and Audio CD - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook English Intonation PB and Audio CD write by J. C. Wells. This book was released on 2006-08-31. English Intonation PB and Audio CD available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Intonation - the rise and fall of pitch in our voices - plays a crucial role in how we express meaning. This accessible introduction shows students how to recognize and reproduce the intonation patterns of English, providing clear explanations of what they mean and how they are used. It looks in particular at three key functions of intonation - to express our attitude, to structure our messages to one another, and to focus attention on particular parts of what we are saying. An invaluable guide to how English intonation works, it is complete with extensive exercises, drills and practice material, encouraging students to produce and understand the intonation patterns for themselves. The accompanying CD contains a wealth of spoken examples, clearly demonstrating English intonation in context. Drawing on the perspectives of both language teaching and linguistics, this textbook will be welcomed by both learners of English, and beginning undergraduates in phonetics and linguistics.
