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This study provides an illuminating and ground-breaking account of the complex interaction of intonational phenomena, semantics and pragmatics. Based on examples from German and English, and centred on an analysis of the fall-rise intonation contour, a semantic interpretation for two different pitch accents - Focus and Topic - is developed. The cross-sentence, as well as the sentence internal semantic effects of these accents, follow from the given treatment. The account is based on Montogovian possible world semantics and Chomskian generative syntax.
| ISBN-13 | 9781134702060 |
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| ISBN-10 | 113470206X |
| List Price | $52.95 |
| Format | - |
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| Language | English |
| Pages | 216 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2012-08-21 |
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