Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-272) and indexes.
Discourse Intonation in L2; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; Part I: Linguistic theory: Intonation in L1; Chapter 1: Intonation, suprasegmentals, prosody; Chapter 2: Phonological organization of prosody; Chapter 3: Meaning and function of intonation; Part II: Applied linguistic research: Intonation in L2; Chapter 4: Research agenda of the past; Chapter 5: Research agenda for the present and future; Part III: From theory to practice; Chapter 6: Teaching stress and rhythm; Chapter 7: Teaching discourse intonation; Bibliography.
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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.
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