The pragmatic function of intonation in English and Slovene
The article examines the pragmatic role of intonation whose prime function is to enable the hearer to make inferences from the utterance's context in order to enrich the interpretation. Intonation does not alter the sense of lexical items. Instead it provides the hearer with an opportunity to c...
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| Language: | deu |
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University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)
2006-12-01
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| Series: | Acta Neophilologica |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.uni-lj.si/ActaNeophilologica/article/view/6206 |