Tone and Intonation are two types of pitch variation, which are used by speakers of all
languages in order to give shape to utterances. More specifically, tone encodes segments …

Research on the exploitation of prosodic information in the comprehension of spoken
language is reviewed. The research falls into three main areas: the use of prosody in the …

This second edition presents a completely revised overview of research on intonational
phonology since the 1970s, including new material on research developments since the mid …

This book presents the most complete exposition of the theory of head-driven phrase
structure grammar (HPSG), introduced in the authors' Information-Based Syntax and …

In this paper we propose six implicationally related cognitive statuses relevant for explicating
the use of referring expressions in natural language discourse. These statuses are the …

Ray Jackendoff steps back to survey the broader theoretical landscape in linguistics, in an
attempt to identify some of the sources of the widely perceived malaise with respect to much …

This book illustrates an approach to prosodic typology through descriptions of the intonation
and the prosodic structure of thirteen typologically different languages based on the same …

Research on prosody has recently become an important focus in various disciplines,
including Linguistics, Psychology, and Computer Science. This article reviews recent …

This introduction to the role of information structure in grammar discusses a wide range of
phenomena on the syntax-information structure interface. It examines theories of information …

In this book, Nomi Erteschik-Shir develops a new theory of focus structure, integrating
insights from syntax, semantics, phonology and pragmatics. She explores the role of focus …