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'''Intonation''' refers to the pitch of sounds in a language that may give some indication of syntactic information. For example in English a rising intonation at the end of a phrase indicates a question.  
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'''Intonation''' refers to the pitch patterns of a spoken language and is often characterized as a language's melodic quality. Aside from reflecting the speaker's emotions or intent, intonation is known to offer insight about an utterance's particular syntax. For example, intonation can change as a function of politeness and certainty, and serves syntactic functions like indicating a question (i.e. intonation rises at the end of a phrase to mark a question in English).
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
*[[Prosody (definition)]]
 
*[[Prosody (definition)]]
 
*[[Stress (definition)]]
 
*[[Stress (definition)]]
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*[[Pitch (definition)]]
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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*https://pages.ucsd.edu/~dkjordan/cgi-bin/moreabout.pl?tyimuh=intonation
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*https://sites.google.com/site/linguisticsportafilio/speech-organs
 
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The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful!
 
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intonation_(linguistics)
 
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intonation_(linguistics)

Latest revision as of 09:35, 22 January 2021

Intonation refers to the pitch patterns of a spoken language and is often characterized as a language's melodic quality. Aside from reflecting the speaker's emotions or intent, intonation is known to offer insight about an utterance's particular syntax. For example, intonation can change as a function of politeness and certainty, and serves syntactic functions like indicating a question (i.e. intonation rises at the end of a phrase to mark a question in English).

See Also

External Links

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References

  • Ladefoged, D. (2010) A Course in Phonetics. 6th Edition. Wadsworth Publishing.