Publications

Publication details [#1274]

Benjamin, Gail R. 1978. Phonetic correlates of the functions of language in natural conversations. Papers from the Regional Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society 14 : 1–12.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

conversation | tone of voice

Language as a subject

English, American | Japanese

Annotation

On the conversational role of tone of voice in Japanese and American English. Tone of voice is roughly defined as what can be perceived about a linguistic communication if someone is overheard indistinctly so that phonemic, syntactic and semantic content is obscured or lost.