The Communicative Value of Intonation in English Book

The Communicative Value of Intonation in English Book by David Brazil

The Communicative Value of Intonation in English, originally published in 1985 by the English Language Research unit in Birmingham and revised in 1992, sets out David Brazil's description of the system of intonation in English. This model of English intonation takes a discourse-based approach and attempts to assign 'meaning' or a communicative value to the different aspects that make up the system of intonation. Chapters within the book descibe parts of the intonation system which vary according to speaker choice: the tone unit as a whole, prominence, key, pitch and orientation. Three chapters are devoted to tones and their communicative value. This is an important and controversial work, which has influenced scholars in the field and ELT materials writers alike. A cassette containing all the examples of intonation features in the book is available.

Brazil, David: - David Brazil was born in New York and lives in California. He is the author of two full-length poetry collections: THE ORDINARY (Compline, 2013), and ANTISOCIAL PATIENCE (Roof Books, 2015). Chapbook publications include Spy Wednesday and Meet Me Beneath The War Angels. With Kevin Killian, he edited THE KENNING ANTHOLOGY OF POETS THEATER: 1945-1985 (Kenning Editions, 2010). With Sara Larsen, he published over sixty issues of the xerox periodical TRY! He organizes free education through the Bay Area Public School, attends church at Taylor Memorial United Methodist in West Oakland, and makes his living as a bookseller.

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ISBN 13	9780521584579
ISBN 10	0521584574
Title	The Communicative Value of Intonation in English Book
Author	David Brazil
Series	Cambridge Professional Learning
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	1997-05-29
Number of pages	204
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