Prosodic Patterns in English Conversation

Synopsis

This Book Presents The Principal Prosodic Constructions Of English Dialog-- Bookended Narrow Pitch Regions -- Downstep Constructions -- Creaky Voice And Its Functions -- Perspectives On Prosody -- Late Pitch Peak And Its Functions -- Expressing Positive Assessments -- Superposition -- A Big-data Approach -- From Patterns To Meanings -- Turn-taking Constructions -- Topic Management Constructions -- Stance-related Constructions -- The Rest Of English Prosody -- Envoi. Nigel G. Ward, University Of Texas, El Paso. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.