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978-0-521-86524-1 - English Intonation - An introduction - by J. C. Wells
Index



Index




Note: the numbers refer to chapter subsections.

accent 1.4, 3.1, chapters 3 and 5 passim

accent, non-nuclear 5.1–3, 5.9–14

accentable syllable 3.5, 5.9

accentual function 1.5

adjective, final 3.29

adjunct 4.5

adverb, descriptive 3.24

adverb of place 3.23

adverb of time 3.23

adverb or preposition? 3.27

adverbial 2.23, 3.23–4, 4.5

adverbial particle 3.25, 3.28

again 3.24

allotone 5.2

also 2.25, 3.19

alternative question 2.22

anatomy of the IP 1.4

anybody, anyone, anything 3.12

anyhow 3.19

anyway 3.19

as well 2.25, 3.19

at any rate 2.23

attitudinal function 1.5

auxiliary 3.14, 5.14

background 5.11

broad focus 3.9

by the way 2.23

checking 2.16

cheers 2.19

chunking 1.4, chapter 4 passim

chunking and grammar 4.3

chunks, size of 4.2

clause, reporting 3.22

cleft sentence 4.7

closed list 2.22

cohesive function 1.5

command 2.18

common knowledge 3.33

complement of to be 3.11

complex head 5.3

compound 3.4

compound, double-stressed 3.5

conjunction 5.14

content word 3.3

contour, pitch 1.3, chapter 2 passim

contrast, explicit and implicit 3.10

contrastive focus 3.10, 3.13, 3.14

declarative question 2.8

declination 5.16

defining and non-defining 4.8

definitive fall 2.5

demarcative function 1.5

demonstrative 3.11

discourse function 1.5, 2.1, 2.20–2, 2.26, 5.12

do (pro-form) 3.20

double stress 3.5, 3.25, 5.9

downdrift 5.16

downgrading 5.9

either (after not) 2.23, 3.19

ellipted constituent 4.3

elliptical answer 2.11

elliptical question 2.15

emphasis 1.5, 5.1–4

empty word 3.20

English: a tone language? 1.3

English language teaching 1.1

enough 3.24

et cetera 3.24

even 3.24, 5.14

event sentence 3.29

eventive 3.29

exam practice 6.1

exclamation 2.17

extraposed particle 3.28

fall plus rise 2.24

fall 2.1, 2.2, 2.5, 5.5

falling head 5.2

fall–rise 2.4, 2.6, 2.7, 5.6

focus 1.4, 3.9–15

focus, broad 3.9

focus, contrastive 3.10, 3.13, 3.14

focus domain 3.9, 4.2, 5.11

focus, dynamic 3.15

focus, major and minor 5.12

focus, narrow 3.9, 3.16

focusing function 1.5

football scores 3.10

foreground 5.11

fossilized expressions 3.20 see also idioms

function word 3.3, 3.19, 5.13

functions of intonation 1.5

given information 3.6

givenness, implied 3.8

givenness, prospective 3.8

grammar and chunking 4.3

grammatical function 1.5

grammatical word 3.3

greeting 2.19

head 1.4, 5.1–3

head, complex 5.3

head, falling 5.2

head, high 5.2

head, low 5.2

head, rising 5.2

head, simple 5.2

heavy noun phrase 4.6

hello 2.19

here you are 3.18

hi 2.19

high fall 5.5

high fall–rise 5.6

high head 5.2

high prehead 5.4

high rise 5.7

hypernym 3.7

hyponym 3.7

idioms 2.23, 3.11, 3.18, 3.20, 3.29, 3.32

imperative 2.18

implicational fall–rise 2.6, 2.7

implied givenness 3.8

imprecation 4.4

imputed knowledge 3.33

incidentally 2.23

indeed 3.24

indefinite pronoun 3.12

indexical function 1.5

information status 3.6

informational function 1.5

initials 3.2

interference 1.6

interjection 2.19

interlanguage 1.6

interrogative 2.12–15

intonation break chapter 4 passim

intonation group see intonation phrase

intonation phrase 1.4, 4.1

IP see intonation phrase

key 5.16

knowledge 3.33

leading non-fall 2.20

letters, names of 3.2

lexical stress 3.1, 5.9

lexical word 3.3

lexicalized focus 3.10

list 2.22, 4.1

locative adverb 3.23

low fall 5.5

low head 5.2

low prehead 5.4

low rise 5.7

major focus 5.12

marked prehead 5.4

markup 6.3, Appendix

meaning, intonational 1.1 and passim

mid level tone 5.7, 5.15

minor focus 5.12

modal verb 3.20, 5.14

multiple stress 5.10

narrow focus 3.9, 3.16

negative transfer 1.6

new information 3.6

no 2.10, 2.19

non-defining 4.8

non-fall 2.1, see also rise, fall–rise

non-fall, leading 2.20

non-fall, trailing 2.20

non-supportive rise 2.9

notation Appendix

noun phrase (NP), heavy 4.6

nucleus placement 1.4, chapter 3 passim

numerals 3.2, 3.20

old information 3.6

old material, highlighting 3.31–2

one (pronoun) 3.20

only 5.14

onset 1.4, 3.1, 5.1, 5.13

open list 2.22

parallel structure 4.9

parenthetical material 5.16

particle, adverbial 3.25, 3.28

particle, prepositional 3.26

particle, separated 3.28

phrasal verb 3.25–8

place adverb 3.23

placement of nucleus chapter 3 passim

polarity, contrastive 3.14, 3.16

positive transfer 1.6

possessive pronouns 3.11

post-primary stress 5.9

pragmatic function 1.5, 5.11 and passim

prehead 1.4, 5.4

prenuclear pattern 3.1, 5.1–4, 5.8–14

preposition 3.17, 5.14

prepositional particle 3.26

pre-primary stress 5.9

pro-form 3.20

pronoun 3.11, 5.14

pronoun, indefinite 3.12

pronoun, reciprocal 3.12

pronoun, reflexive 3.12

prosody 1.1, 1.2 and passim

prospective givenness 3.8

pseudo-cleft 4.7

psychological function 1.5

question, elliptical 2.15

question, wh 2.12

question, yes–no 2.13

question tag 2.14, 3.16, 4.10

reciprocal 3.12

reflexive 3.12

repeated material 3.6, 3.8

reporting clause 3.22

reusing words 3.31–2

rheme 4.7

rhythmic stress 3.1

rise 2.3, 2.9, 5.7

rise–fall 5.5

rising head 5.2

rule of three 5.9

segments 1.1

sentence adverbial 4.5

separated particle 3.28

shared knowledge 3.33

simple head 5.2

so (pro-form) 3.20

somebody, someone, something 3.12

stress, double 3.5, 5.9

stress, lexical 1.2, 3.1, 5.9

stress, multiple 5.10

stress, non-accent 3.1

stress, post-primary 5.9

stress, pre-primary 5.9

stress, rhythmic 3.1

structure, parallel 4.9

structure, signalled by tonality 4.1

style 4.2

stylized tone 5.15

supportive rise 2.9

suprasegmentals 1.1, 1.2 and passim

synonym 3.7

syntactic function 1.5

tag question 2.14, 3.16, 4.10

tail 1.4, 2.4

temporal adverb 3.23

tense, contrastive 3.14

thank you 2.19

theme 4.7

then 3.24

there (pro-form) 3.20

though 3.24

Three Ts 1.4, see also tone, tonicity, tonality

time adverb 3.23

tonality 1.4, chapter 4 passim

tone 1.2, 1.4, chapter 2 passim

tone concord 2.25

tone, finer distinctions of 5.5–8

tone meaning 2.26, 2.27, chapter 2 passim

tone subordination 5.12

tone, stylized 5.15

tonic see nucleus placement

tonicity 1.4, chapter 3 passim

tonicity: difficult cases 3.34

too 2.25, 3.19

topic and comment 2.21, 4.7

trailing non-fall 2.20

transfer 1.6

unfocused adverb 3.24

unimportant words 3.20, 5.12

uptalk 2.9

verb, final 3.29

verb, phrasal 3.25–8

vocative 3.21, 4.4, 5.13

wh + be 3.18

wh question 2.12

wh word 5.14

word group see intonation phrase

words, reusing 3.31–2

yes 2.10, 2.19

yes–no answer 3.16

yes–no question 2.13

you know 3.26





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