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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doaj-5507c57b5e524febba52c70ba20fd6912021-09-05T14:02:11ZengSciendoRomanian Journal of English Studies2286-04282012-12-0191384810.2478/v10319-012-0005-zProsody in Elicitations: A Study of Intonation in BBC Talk Radio ShowsHerczeg-Deli Ágnes0Eszterházy Károly CollegeThe 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 through certain lexico-grammatical elements in the discourse.https://doi.org/10.2478/v10319-012-0005-zcontextdiscourseindirectnesslexico-grammarprosody |
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Prosody in Elicitations: A Study of Intonation in BBC Talk Radio Shows |
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Prosody in Elicitations: A Study of Intonation in BBC Talk Radio Shows |
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Prosody in Elicitations: A Study of Intonation in BBC Talk Radio Shows |
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prosody in elicitations: a study of intonation in bbc talk radio shows |
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Sciendo |
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Romanian Journal of English Studies |
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2286-0428 |
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2012-12-01 |
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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 through certain lexico-grammatical elements in the discourse. |
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context discourse indirectness lexico-grammar prosody |
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