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Belfast intonation and the myth of the fall

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 February 2009

Eric Jarman  and
Alan Cruttenden
Eric Jarman
Affiliation:
(University of Manchester)
Alan Cruttenden
Affiliation:
(University of Manchester)
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The type of analysis best suited to intonation (what Stockwell, 1972, calls the ‘representation’ question) is not under discussion in this article. In order to save taking up space with such analytical preliminaries, Belfast intonation is described in this article largely in a framework similar to that of Halliday (1967). We describe firstly the forms of intonation in that dialect; then the use of such forms; and end with some implications for linguistics in general. The analysis is based on recordings of the speech of an educated speaker of an urban Anglo-Irish dialect of Belfast. The main findings were checked by reference to a second speaker of the same dialect.

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Journal of the International Phonetic Association , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , June 1976 , pp. 4 - 12
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Copyright © Journal of the International Phonetic Association 1976

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