The Intonation of American English.

by Kenneth Lee Pike

This study explains the structure of the English intonation system in relation to the structural systems of stress, pause, and rhythm.

203 pages, Hardcover

First published October 15, 1979

About the author

Kenneth Lee Pike (June 9, 1912 – December 31, 2000) was an American linguist and anthropologist. He was the originator of the theory of tagmemics, the coiner of the terms "emic" and "etic" and the developer of the constructed language Kalaba-X for use in teaching the theory and practice of translation.

In addition, he was the First President of the Bible-translating organization Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL), with which he was associated from 1942 until his death.