Intonation in the Grammar of EnglishM.A.K. Halliday, William S. Greaves
Series: Equinox Textbooks and Surveys in Linguistics Hardback Price £65.00/$100.00 Paperback Price £14.99/$24.95 |     |
Description
Intonation in the Grammar of English is written for scholars who are interested in language, but not necessarily linguists or phoneticians. The introduction covers speech sound, locating it in relation to other phenomena and disciplines, discusses its representation and interpretation, and introduces the systems and strata which frame its analysis in terms of systemic functional linguistics. The three kinds of meaning - textual meaning (relating language to its ever changing context), interpersonal meaning (allowing us to enact our social exchanges with others) and ideational meaning (construing the logic through which we represent the world we live in) - are each achieved in part through intonation. We make these meanings through choices: in terms of locating the main rise or fall in an intonation contour; in terms of fitting an intonation contour to part of a clause, to a whole clause, or to more than a clause; and in terms of the shape of the intonation contour. A CD-ROM integrated with the book provides examples as the systems of intonational choices are presented, and also gives examples of these systems being drawn on in different dialects of English, and in the many different exchange situations in which speakers find themselves in the course of a day.
Intonation in the Grammar of English is written for scholars who are interested in language, but not necessarily linguists or phoneticians. The introduction covers speech sound, locating it in relation to other phenomena and disciplines, discusses its representation and interpretation, and introduces the systems and strata which frame its analysis in terms of systemic functional linguistics. The three kinds of meaning - textual meaning (relating language to its ever changing context), interpersonal meaning (allowing us to enact our social exchanges with others) and ideational meaning (construing the logic through which we represent the world we live in) - are each achieved in part through intonation. We make these meanings through choices: in terms of locating the main rise or fall in an intonation contour; in terms of fitting an intonation contour to part of a clause, to a whole clause, or to more than a clause; and in terms of the shape of the intonation contour. A CD-ROM integrated with the book provides examples as the systems of intonational choices are presented, and also gives examples of these systems being drawn on in different dialects of English, and in the many different exchange situations in which speakers find themselves in the course of a day.
Contents
Part I
Chapter 1 Locating and thinking about speech sound
Chapter 2 Representation of sound
Chapter 3 Interpretation of sound
Chapter 4 The linguistic environment of intonation
Appendix to Part I How sound makes meaning in a short text
Part II
Chapter 5 Intonation and meaning
Chapter 6 A detailed demonstration: how sound makes meaning in “Prince Lazarus”
Chapter 7 Secondary tones
Appendix to Part II Specimens of analysis; analysis guide
Reviews
The material provided on the accompanying CD is of very great value, especially since non-specialists are mostly obliged to take intonational analysis on trust.
Journal of English Language and Linguistics, Vol 14/1
'I consider this to be a landmark study. The fusion of human and technological perception with grammatical analysis -- and always, the 'return to the data' -- results in an exceptionally lucid and scientific work. I believe it will provide a source of insight to linguists and language teachers for many years to come.'
Ross Forman, University of Technology, Sydney, in Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, Vol 32, No 2 (2009)
Specifications
| ISBN-10 (Hardback) | 1904768148 |
| ISBN-13 (Hardback) | 9781904768142 |
| Price (Hardback) | £65.00/$100.00 |
| ISBN-10 (Paperback) | 1904768156 |
| ISBN-13 (Paperback) | 9781904768159 |
| Price (Paperback) | £14.99/$24.95 |
| Publication Date | December 2008 |
| Pages | 256 |
| Size | 244 x 169mm (accompanied by CD-ROM) |
| Readership | advanced undergraduates, graduate students, researchers |
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