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Publication details [#10671]
El-Menoufy, Afaf. 1988. Intonation and meaning in spontaneous discourse. In Cummings, M.J. and W.S. Greaves, eds. Linguistics in a systemic perspective. John Benjamins. pp. 1–26. 
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Annotation
The author aims to show how the description of English intonation within the framework of the systemic model explains its function and shows the way it combines with lexico-grammatical selections to achieve meaning in spoken discourse.