The Meaning of Intonation: Some French Data
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(1)a. « Stress and intonation in English have been commonly regarded as « mere stylistic factors » which do not contribute to the essential meaning of sentences. In this chapter we will begin to construct an account of the semantic effects of these phonological phenomena and show how they fit into the general theory proposed here and into a possible theory of discourse. » Jackendoff (1972 : 229) (1)b. « We propose that speakers use tune to specify a particular relationship between the « propositional content » realized in the intonational phrase over which the tune is employed and the mutual beliefs of participants in the current discourse » Pierrehumbert & Hirschberg (1990 : 285)
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تاریخ انتشار 2005