Intonational Morphology

ISBN-13: 9789811522635 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 243 str.

John C. Wakefield

Spis treści

​Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. The Forms and Functions of Intonation

2.1 The Functions of Suprasegmentals

2.2 A Definition of Intonation Based on Its Functions

2.3 The Forms of Suprasegmentals

2.4 Concluding Remarks

Chapter 3: Intonational Meaning

3.1 The Nature of Intonational Meaning

3.1.1 Context-dependent vs. context-independent meaning

3.1.2 Compositional vs. holistic meaning

3.1.3 Phonological similarity and homophony

3.1.4 Gradient vs. categorically distinct forms and meanings

3.1.5 The Linguists Theory of Intonational Meaning

3.1.6 Testing the Linguists Theory of Intonational Meaning

3.2 Intonation and Discourse Particles

3.2.1 Intonation and segmental particles are two forms of the same thing

3.2.2 The similar debates about particle and intonational meanings

3.3 Concluding Remarks

Chapter 4: Evidence of the Morphological Nature of Intonation

4.1 Tonal Grammatical Particles and Their Segmental Counterparts

4.2 Tonal Discourse Particles and Their Segmental Counterparts