Publications
Publication details [#4757]
Hirschberg, Julia and Gregory L. Ward. 1984. In from the periphery: Fall-rise intonation and intonational autonomy hypothesis. Penn Review of Linguistics 8 : 37–49.
Annotation
An analysis of an intonational contour called the 'fall-rise intonation' is given. Previous treatments are criticized, and a new analysis is proposed, including both the discourse function of the fall-rise contour and the constraints on its use.