The Intonational System of English |
Common terms and phrases
anaphoric anaphoric reference apply argued argument basic beat boundary tone bracketing chapter Children's Chant cliticization complex congruence constituent structure corresponds cycle cyclic rule application defined derivation designated terminal element discussion distinction downstep English example fact free syllables given grid alignment High Low hypothesis ideophonic systems intonational unit intuition labelling lexical linguistic low-mid main stress meaning melisma metrical grid metrical pattern metrical structure metrical theory metrical tree minor third morphemes nature node node-labelling notation nuclear tone O'Connor and Arnold particular phonetic phonological pitch contour position possible principle properties prosodic reason rebracketing represented result rhythm semantic sequence simple specification speech stress assignment stress pattern stress rules stress subordination stressed syllable strong surprise/redundancy tune syntactic temporal intervals tessitura tetratonic tonal word Tone Group tone languages tune and text tune-text association underlying unstressed vocative chant vocative tune vowel word stress