The main objective of this book is to convince the reader that the forms and meanings of English intonation can be described with considerable precision, despit

This handbook presents detailed accounts of current research in all aspects of language prosody, written by leading experts from different disciplines. The volu

Tench provides an introduction to the current state of functional linguistics studies in the intonation of English. Intended not only for students of linguistic

Summary: "Intonation in the Grammar of English is written for scholars who are interested in language, but not necessarily linguists or phoneticians. The introd

The revised edition of David Brazil's seminal work The Communicative Value of Intonation in English.