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Tone and Intonation are two types of pitch variation, which are used by speakers of all languages in order to give shape to utterances. More specifically, tone encodes segments and morphemes, and intonation gives utterances a further discoursal meaning that is independent of the meanings of the words themselves. In this comprehensive survey, Carlos Gussenhoven provides an overview of research into tone and intonation, discussing why speakers vary their pitch, what pitch variations mean, and how they are integrated into our grammars. He also explains why intonation in part appears to be universally understood, while at other times it is language-specific and can lead to misunderstandings. After eight chapters on general topics relating to pitch modulation, the book's central arguments are illustrated with comprehensive phonological descriptions - partly in Optimality Theory - of the tonal and intonational systems of six languages, including Japanese, Dutch, and English.

Tone (Phonetics) --- Intonation (Phonetics) --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Phonology --- 801.4 --- Fonetiek. Fonologie --- Phonology. --- 801.4 Fonetiek. Fonologie --- Intonation (Phonetics). --- Tone (Phonetics). --- Language and languages --- Lexical tone (Phonetics) --- Tone languages --- Tonology (Phonetics) --- Phonemics --- Phonetics --- Linguistics --- Pitch (Phonetics) --- Prosodic analysis (Linguistics) --- Oral interpretation --- Tone --- Intonation --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics --- Philology --- Grammar, Comparative and general - Phonology --- Grammar, Comparative and general Phonology --- TON (PHONETIQUE) --- INTONATION (PHONETIQUE) --- GRAMMAIRE COMPAREE ET GENERALE --- PHONOLOGIE

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Der Band behandelt die Schnittstelle zwischen Pragmatik, Grammatik und Psycholinguistik bzw. Neurolinguistik. Pragmatisch bedingt sind die Zurechnungen von Satzteilen zur bekannten oder zur Neuinformation im Text. Realisiert werden die pragmatischen Gliederungen aber in der Grammatik. Die theoretische Modellierung erfolgte in generativen Grammatiken, in optimalitätstheoretischen Modellen oder anhand der Alternativsemantik.Der Schwerpunkt der Untersuchung liegt auf Korrekturkonstruktionen und auf Hutkonturen. Erstere zeichnen sich durch Kontrastakzente aus und Letztere sind zweigipflig akzentuiert. Um die Prosodie weiterzuentwickeln, beschäftigt sich die Hälfte der Beiträge mit dem psycholinguistischen und neurophysiologischen Nachweis der Intonationsparameter und mit ihrer Auswertung im Kontext.Von der Kontrastintonation geht der Band dann über zur Typologie von Kontrastkonstruktionen, zu ihrem grammatischen Vergleich und ihrer textuellen Verwendung.

Contrastive linguistics. --- Focus (Linguistics) --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Intonation (Phonetics) --- Semantics. --- Formal semantics --- Semasiology --- Semiology (Semantics) --- Comparative linguistics --- Information theory --- Language and languages --- Lexicology --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Linguistics --- Pitch (Phonetics) --- Phonetics --- Prosodic analysis (Linguistics) --- Tone (Phonetics) --- Oral interpretation --- Functional sentence perspective (Grammar) --- Predicate and subject (Grammar) --- Subject and predicate (Grammar) --- Theme and rheme --- Topic and comment (Grammar) --- Discourse analysis --- Topic and comment. --- Intonation --- Subject and predicate --- Syntax --- Topic and comment --- Contrastive linguistics --- Semantics --- 801.56 --- 801.56 Syntaxis. Semantiek --- Syntaxis. Semantiek --- Focus (Linguistics). --- Intonation (Phonetics). --- Philology