Intonation is bound to several levels of language, both linguistic (phonetics, phonology, syntax, semantics, discourse) and extralinguistic (emotion, interest, certainty), and therefore interests researchers from a variety of backgrounds, but has nevertheless received little treatment in the typology literature. Here I outline some current issues in the phonetics and phonology of intonational typology. Extralinguistic "universalist" theories of intonation are being challenged by linguistic theories which are developing a taxonomy of cross-linguistic and cross-dialectal variation within a parametric approach. While implications and correlations have yet to emerge, the boundaries of variation are becoming better defined.* This work is part of a project on the intonational lexicon, directed by ADITI LAHIRI, in the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Schwerpunktprogramm "Sprachtypologie".Brought to you by | Yale University Authenticated Download Date | 7/26/15 12:02 AM
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