| Lemma | prosodic contour |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Dik (1989) |
| Titolo | The theory of functional grammar. Part I: the structure of the clause |
| Sinonimi | |
| Rinvii | accent (inglese) intonation (inglese) pitch range (inglese) tone (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | By “prosodic contour” we mean the over-all “melody” with which the linguistic expression is produced. The prosodic contour constists of a series of Rises and Falls in pitch, embroidered on a “pitch range” defined by a lower-level “baseline” and an upper-level “top line”. 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”. |