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Peer reviewedLehiste, Ilse – Glossa, 1973
Revised version of a paper presented at the December 27, 1972 meeting of the Linguistic Society of America in Atlanta, Georgia; research supported by the National Science Foundation. (DD)
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Ambiguity, Experiments, Intonation
Peer reviewedHetzron, Robert – Journal of Linguistics, 1972
Descriptors: Grammar, Intonation, Language Research, Phonetics
Peer reviewedBerman, Arlene; Szamosi, Michael – Language, 1972
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics, English, Intonation
Peer reviewedBresnan, Joan W. – Language, 1972
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics, English, Intonation
Download full textHojo, Michio – 1974
This article describes phonological and semantic characteristics associated with the surface structure of some Japanese sentence intonations. The aim of the long-term study is to show the place of intonation in the total system of Japanese grammar. This particular part of the study is limited to the group of intonations which are characterized by…
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Intonation, Japanese, Morphology (Languages)
O'Malley, Michael H. – 1973
This paper focuses on linguistic prosodic units related to boundaries between syntactic units. Specifically, rules for predicting the location of such boundaries, and factors affecting their location, are discussed. Examples are given on how prosodies can be used for syntactic analysis. Addressing the question of prosodic units and their…
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Grammar, Intonation, Language Rhythm
Some General Characteristics of Interrogative Systems. Working Papers on Language Universals, No. 1.
Ultan, Russell – 1969
This paper discusses interrogative structures, based on the results and conclusions derived from comparing the interrogative systems of 79 randomly selected languages. The paper begins by listing a number of generalizations about interrogative structures based on disparate observations in the field. These generalizations constitute the basis for…
Descriptors: Intonation, Language Patterns, Language Research, Language Universals
Armagost, James L. – 1972
This paper seeks to discover the rules active in the formation of tags (intonation tags, declarative tags, and tag questions) in English. The author discusses former analyses of these constructions and presents his own thoughts with many examples, concluding that English has at least two tag formation rules: one that accounts (perhaps…
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics, English, Grammar
Cooper, William E., Ed.; Walker, Edward C. T., Ed. – 1979
The chapters in this volume represent a type of current psycholinguistic research that focuses both on the nature of human information processing and the coding of linguistic structure. The chapters and authors are as follows: (1) "The Wherefores and Therefores of the Competence-Performance Distinction," by V. Valian; (2) "Levels of Processing and…
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Intonation, Language Acquisition, Language Processing
Elliott, Dale E.; And Others – 1969
This volume of working papers includes seven papers discussing current theory and research in linguistics, phonetics, semantics, and syntax. The following titles are in the collection: "'Do' from 'Occur',""The Syntax of the Verb 'Happen',""Subjects and Agents,""Modal Auxiliaries in Infinitive Clauses in English,""Some Problems in the Description…
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Case (Grammar), Deep Structure, English
