Discourse intonation in L2 : from theory and research to practice

• Main Author: Chun, Dorothy M.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©2002.
• Series: Language learning and language teaching ; v. 1.
• Subjects: Language and languages > Study and teaching.; Intonation (Phonetics); Discourse analysis.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9789027297525; 9789027216915; 9781588111685; 9781588111692; 9789027216922
• Physical Description: 1 online zdroj (xvii, 285 stran) : ilustrace.
• ISSN: 1569-9471
• Access: Plný text je dostupný pouze z IP adres počítačů Univerzity Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně nebo vzdáleným přístupem pro zaměstnance a studenty

Intonation, rhythm, and general "melody" of language are among the first aspects of speech that infants attend to and produce themselves. Yet, these same features are among the last to be mastered by adult L2 learners. Why is this, and how can L2 learners be helped? This book first presents the latest linguistic theories of intonation, in particular, how intonation functions in discourse not only to signal sentence types and attitudinal meanings but also to provide turn-taking and other conversational cues. The second part of the book examines the research in applied linguistics on the acquis.