Prosody in Elicitations: A Study of Intonation in BBC Talk Radio Shows
The paper is concerned with the prosodic features of non-literal language use in indirect elicitations in radio talk. It will be demonstrated how intonation becomes mirror of some contextual factors, and how the prosodic features of elicitations can corroborate the speaker’s meaning manifested throu...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sciendo
2012-12-01
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| Series: | Romanian Journal of English Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2478/v10319-012-0005-z |