We shall say that a linguistic expression gets or is assigned a “prosodic contour”, which is composed of three main features: “tone”, “accent” and “intonation”.
- Dik (1989), a pag.378

Whereas tone and accent characterize designated syllables or constituents, intonation stretches across the whole linguistic expression. The pattern created by the distribution of tones and accents is necessarily part of the intonation. On the other hand, the intonation has certain “holistic” features which are independent of the tonal and accentual structure […].
- Dik (1989), a pag.384