Linguistic Theories for English Intonation

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The research on intonation has always drawn much interest from linguists because intonation, the patterning of pitch changes in utterances, conveys the speaker"s attitude (or emotion) beyond the intrinsic meaning of utterances the speakers makes. Many studies to date on intonation in natural languages, especially in English, have been mainly carried out in the literature of traditional phonology and(or) phonetics, focusing on the sounds and their rhythmic contours related to the fundamental frequency (F0) in the speech technology. However, intonation patterns in English are understood differently by the hearer even though the string of words uttered is the same and the lexical meanings remain unchanged. This meaningful intonation can be interpreted in a particular context and individual cognitive space within the framework of Relevance Theory and further express speaker"s emotions. For this reason, intonation should be studied semantically, pragmatically, or cognitively, rather than syntactically or physically. This paper addresses the two major approaches to English intonation: grammatical approach and cognitive approach. The purpose of this paper was to demonstrate that intonation can be handled cognitively based on phonetic·phonology and semantics·pragmatics.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• 1. Introduction
• 2. What is intonation?
• 3. Two approaches to intonation
• 4. Conclusion
• References

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