Publications
Publication details [#14332]
Wennerstrom, Ann. 2001. Intonation and evaluation in oral narratives. Journal of Pragmatics 33 (8) : 1183–1206. ![DOI logo](https://benjamins.com/logos/doi-logo.svg)
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Elsevier
ISBN
0378-2166
Journal WWW
Annotation
On the distribution of pitch maxima in oral narratives by native and non-native speakers of English. It is hypothesized that intonational high points correlate with emotionally prioritized text. The research findings are in line with previous research on pitch range and the topic structure of discourse and suggest that emotion linked to intonation can be seen as a resource in cross-cultural communication.