Discourse intonation in L2 : from theory and research to practice /
Intonation, rhythm, and general "melody" of language are among the first aspects of speech that infants attend to and produce themselves. Yet, these same features are among the last to be mastered by adult L2 learners. Why is this, and how can L2 learners be helped? This book first present...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Idioma: | anglès |
| Publicat: |
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins,
©2002.
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| Col·lecció: | Language learning and language teaching ;
v. 1. |
| Accés en línia: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=253297 |
| Sumari: | Intonation, rhythm, and general "melody" of language are among the first aspects of speech that infants attend to and produce themselves. Yet, these same features are among the last to be mastered by adult L2 learners. Why is this, and how can L2 learners be helped? This book first presents the latest linguistic theories of intonation, in particular, how intonation functions in discourse not only to signal sentence types and attitudinal meanings but also to provide turn-taking and other conversational cues. The second part of the book examines the research in applied linguistics on the acquis. |
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| Descripció física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 285 pages) : illustrations. |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-272) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789027297525 9027297525 9789027216915 9027216916 1588111687 1588111695 9781588111685 9781588111692 9027216924 9789027216922 |
| ISSN: | 1569-9471 ; |