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A Stanford University Press classic.
Contents
Introduction Part I. Variation: 1. Age and sex 2. Dialect and language Part II. Intonation and Grammar: Clauses and Above: 3. Crosscurrents 4. Demarcation 5. Questions 6. Nonquestions 7. Dependent clauses and other dependencies Part III. Intonation and Grammar: Below the Clause: 8. Accent and morphology 9. Accent in higher units 10. Exclamations and interjections 11. 'Well' Part IV. Intonation and Logic: 12. Is there an intonation of 'contrast'? 13. Accent and entailment 14. accent and denial 15. An intonation of factuality? 16. A practical case: broadcast prosody Appendixes Reference matter.