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Intonational Meaning in Cameroon English Discourse : a Sociolinguistic Perspective.
This study is a phonetic description of intonation in Cameroon English, a postcolonial variety of English. Its focus is on the usage of specific tones, paratone and the intonational marking of the information status in discourse. Two main descriptive frameworks are used, namely the Discourse Intonat...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newcastle upon Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Pub.,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This study is a phonetic description of intonation in Cameroon English, a postcolonial variety of English. Its focus is on the usage of specific tones, paratone and the intonational marking of the information status in discourse. Two main descriptive frameworks are used, namely the Discourse Intonation and the Auto-Segmental Metrical frameworks. Findings of the study are based on the auditory and acoustic analyses of natural conversation as well as read speech and, with relation to the sociol ... |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (235 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-195). |
| ISBN: | 9781443820400 1443820407 9781443819299 1443819298 1282585452 9781282585454 |