Интонация

We propose a mapping between prosodic phenomena and semantico-pragmatic effects based upon the hypothesis that intona- tion conveys information about the intentional as well as the atten- tional structure of …...

Cue phrases are words and phrases such as now and by the way which may be used to convey explicit information about the structure of a discourse. However, while cue …...

A compositional semantics for focusing subjuncts-- words such as only, even, and also--is developed from Rooth's theory of association with focus. By adapting the theory so that it can be …...

I examine various controversial aspects of Chinese prosody–tone structure, syllable structure, stress, and intonation–and stress the need to view all of these as interacting systems, aspects of a hierarchical prosodic …...

Our goal is to improve the contextual appropriateness of spoken output in a dialogue system. We explore the use of the information state to determine the information structure of system …...

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The prosody of questions in French as L2 This paper focuses on the acquisition of the tonal and prosodic structure of questions in French as a L2. Our study …...