intonation contour

Yes/no questions are indicated with an intonation contour rather than alterations in word order.

Auditory and linguistic processes in the perception of intonation contours.

While some of these coordinate structures require a non-standard intonation contour, they can all be acceptable.

Despite the fact that the conjunct-final elements in these examples do not contrast, the sentences can be acceptable given an appropriate intonation contour.

Used to young children, this variety is formally distinctive, with a special vocabulary, high pitch, loudness, slowness and exaggerated intonation contours.

This special intonation contour is sometimes indicated using commas, e.g. Fred prepares, and Susan eats, the food.

I had no idea that a change in the "intonation contour" of a sentence, as linguists put it, could be as contagious as the common cold.

Standard SV-clauses can also be interrogative or exclamative, however, given the appropriate intonation contour and/or the appearance of a question word, e.g.

Other intonation contours signify a different type of phrase such as the "full doubt" interrogative, similar to "yes-no" questions in English or the exclamatory phrase.

Possible IFIDs in English include: word order, stress, intonation contour, punctuation, the mood of the verb, and performative verbs.

Evidence for the Independent Function of Intonation Contour Type, Voice Quality, and F0 Range in Signaling Speaker Affect.

H and L indicate relative highs and lows in the intonation contour, and their actual phonetic realization is conditioned by a number of factors, such as pitch range and preceding pitch accents in the phrase.

Definition: Metalocutionary deixis is the denotation (in the strict semantic sense) of utterance constituents at points and over intervals in the temporal structure of utterances by means of prosodic deictic indices such as pitch accents, intonation contours and boundary tones.