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Discourse Intonation and Language Teaching.
Brazil, David; And Others – 1980
This account of the intonation of English is part of ongoing research at the University of Birmingham, England. It attempts to take account of how intonation contributes to the communicative value of an act of speech. An introductory chapter provides a short discussion of some crucial terms: pitch, loudness, stress, rhythm, and tone unit. The…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Connected Discourse, English (Second Language), Intonation