Intonation, rhythm, and general "melody" of language are among the first aspects of speech that infants attend to and produce themselves. Yet, these same featur

Grounded in a systemic functional linguistic (SFL) approach, this book applies a contrastive interlanguage corpus-based approach to investigate the nature and r

An intelligibility-based approach to teaching that presents pronunciation as critical, yet neglected, in communicative language teaching.

This textbook is an accessible introduction to discourse intonation for ESL/EFL instructors, whether practicing or in pre-service graduate programs. Because int

This volume provides new insights into various issues on prosody in contact situations, contact referring here to the L2 acquisition process as well as to situa