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Publication details [#50208]

Tench, Paul. 1996. Intonation and the differentiation of syntactic patterns in English and German. International Journal of Applied Linguistics 6 (2) : 223–256.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Blackwell Publishers

Annotation

This study provides a contrastive statement of intonation's potential for distinguishing identically phrased syntactic patterns in English and German. The description of intonation is based on Halliday, that of syntax on Quirk et al., and the primary focus lies on tonality.