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Warren, Paul – Language and Speech, 2005
Some key issues in the study of intonation in language varieties are presented and discussed with reference to recent research on the intonation of New Zealand English. The particular issues that are highlighted include the determination of the intonational phonological categories of a language variety, and the attribution of varietal differences…
Descriptors: Language Variation, Intonation, Foreign Countries, Language Acquisition
Pierrehumbert, Janet B. – Language and Speech, 2003
In learning to perceive and produce speech, children master complex language-specific patterns. Daunting language-specific variation is found both in the segmental domain and in the domain of prosody and intonation. This article reviews the challenges posed by results in phonetic typology and sociolinguistics for the theory of language…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Sociolinguistics, Phonetics, Infants