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Intonation and its uses : melody in grammar and discourse / Dwight Bolinger.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bolinger, Dwight, 1907-1992.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Intonation (Phonetics).
- Grammar, Comparative and general.
- Language and languages--Variation.
- Language and languages.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 470 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1989.
- Summary:
- Intonation, or speech melody, refers to the rise and fall of the pitch of the voice in speech; it has intimate ties to facial expressions and bodily gesture and conveys underneath it all, emotions and attitudes.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages [442]-454.
- ISBN:
- 0804715351
- OCLC:
- 18959981
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