| Description |
1 online resource (235 pages) |
| Contents |
TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; TONETIC AND INTONATIONAL SYMBOLS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; REFERENCES; ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS USED; APPENDIX 1A; APPENDIX 1B; APPENDIX 2; APPENDIX 3; APPENDIX 4; APPENDIX 5 |
| Summary |
This study is a phonetic description of intonation in Cameroon English, a postcolonial variety of English. Its focus is on the usage of specific tones, paratone and the intonational marking of the information status in discourse. Two main descriptive frameworks are used, namely the Discourse Intonation and the Auto-Segmental Metrical frameworks. Findings of the study are based on the auditory and acoustic analyses of natural conversation as well as read speech and, with relation to the sociol .. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-195) |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
English language -- Cameroon -- Intonation
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Language.
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Linguistics.
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Sociolinguistics.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
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English language -- Intonation
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Cameroon
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781443820400 |
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1443820407 |
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9781443819299 |
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1443819298 |
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1282585452 |
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9781282585454 |
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