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