The ROLES of EXPRESSION and REPRESENTATION in LANGUAGE EVOLUTION
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author = {James R. Hurford},
title = {The ROLES of EXPRESSION and REPRESENTATION in LANGUAGE EVOLUTION},
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segments, Extrasyllabicity. [33 pages] Multi-tiered phonology, including Tone languages, The representation of tone, Contour tones, Tone stability, Melody levels, Tone and intonation, Pitch accent, Vowel harmony, Nasalisation, Morphemic tier. [30 pages] Stress and intonation, including Stress, Metrical phonology, Metrical trees and grids, Extrametricality, Quantity sensitivity, Intonation, Accentuation function, Intonation and illocutionary force, Grammatical function of intonation, Attitudinal functions of intonation, Discourse function of intonation. [33 pages] This example is quite typical of phonology textbooks (although they all have their own characteristic differences of emphasis). Clearly, phonological structure is complex and requires a lot of explaining. The phonological component of a language comprises a very significant proportion of its structure. Phonological structure is (part of) the mapping between internal representations of meanings and their external expre...
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