Intonation: Melody in Grammar and Discourse

by Dwight Bolinger

Marking the climax of over fourty years of investigation and reflection by Professor Bolinger, this major study looks at how intonation varies among speakers and societies in terms of age, sex, and region; how it interacts with grammar; and how it has been invoked to explain certain questions of logic. The discussion of variation shows the degree to which intonation can be conventionalised yet embody a universal core of feelings and attitudes, renewed with each generation.

488 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1989

About the author

From Wikipedia: Dwight Le Merton Bolinger was an American linguist and Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University.
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