Intonation in
German

DAFYDD GIBBON

 
• BACKGROUND
  • General prosodic characteristics
  • Outline of the approach adopted in this chapter
• DESCRIPTION OF INTONATION PATTERNS
  • Description of a basic non-emphatic pattern
  • Mode and expressivity
  • Focalisation and contextual effects
  • Stylised patterns
• COMPARISONS WITH OTHER SYSTEMS
  • Comparison of varieties of German
  • Comparison with other languages
• IMPLICATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS
• References
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