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7 - Intonation

from Part I - SFL: The Model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 May 2019

By
Wendy L. Bowcher  and
Meena Debashish
Edited by
Geoff Thompson ,
Wendy L. Bowcher ,
Lise Fontaine  and
David Schönthal
Geoff Thompson
Affiliation:
University of Liverpool
Wendy L. Bowcher
Affiliation:
Sun Yat-Sen University, China
Lise Fontaine
Affiliation:
Cardiff University
David Schönthal
Affiliation:
Cardiff University
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Summary

This chapter presents an overview of the SFL model of intonation and a detailed description of the English tone groups. The chapter aims to provide a usable description of English intonation with occasional reference to recent research, areas under debate, and possible future directions.
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The Cambridge Handbook of Systemic Functional Linguistics , pp. 171 - 203
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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