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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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| − | + | ==See Also== | |
| + | *[[Prosody (definition)]] | ||
| − | http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/linguistics/russell/138/sec3/inton.htm | + | ==External Links== |
| + | 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://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/linguistics/russell/138/sec3/inton.htm | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
| + | *Ladefoged, D. (2010) ''A Course in Phonetics''. 6th Edition. Wadsworth Publishing. | ||
[[Category: Technical Definitions]] | [[Category: Technical Definitions]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Phonetics]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Phonology]] | ||
Revision as of 08:55, 11 June 2012
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.
See Also
External Links
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://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/linguistics/russell/138/sec3/inton.htm
References
- Ladefoged, D. (2010) A Course in Phonetics. 6th Edition. Wadsworth Publishing.
