Prosody in Elicitations: A Study of Intonation in BBC Talk Radio Shows

Ágnes Herczeg-Deli

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Prosody in Elicitations: A Study of Intonation in BBC Talk Radio Shows

Romanian Journal of English Studies

Volume 9 (2012): Issue 1 (December 2012)

By: Ágnes Herczeg-Deli

Open Access

|Feb 2013

Abstract

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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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10319-012-0005-z | Journal eISSN: 2286-0428 | Journal ISSN: 1584-3734

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Language: English

Page range: 38 - 48

Published on: Feb 21, 2013

Published by: West University of Timisoara

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Keywords:

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Volume 9 (2012): Issue 1 (December 2012)