ENGLISH

Pragmatics and prosody in English language teaching

By Jesús Romero-Trillo (auth.) , Jesús Romero-Trillo (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
2012
ISBN
9789400738836, 9400738838
DOI
10.1007/978-94-007-3883-6
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3796956 bytes)
Series
Educational Linguistics 15
Edition
1
Pages
250\253
Library
usenet tech
Time added
2013-03-30 20:00:00
Language Education; Applied Linguistics; Phonology

Description

This volume explores the elusive subject of English prosody—the stress, rhythm and intonation of the language—, and its relevance for English language teaching. Its sharp focus will be especially welcomed by teachers of English to non-native speakers, but also by scholars and researchers interested in Applied Linguistics. The book examines key issues in the development of prosody and delves into the role of intonation in the construction of meaning. The contributions tackle difficult areas of intonation for language learners, providing a theoretical analysis of each stumbling block as well as a practical explanation for teachers and teacher trainers. The numerous issues dealt with in the book include stress and rhythm; tone units and information structure; intonation and pragmatic meaning; tonicity and markedness, etc... The authors have deployed speech analysis software to illustrate their examples as well as to encourage readers to carry out their own computerized prosodic analyses.

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