This volume deals with a wide range of topics including the representation of tones and intonation, evidence for and constraints on prosodic phrasing, prosodic

The reconstruction of the prosody of a dead language is, on the face of it, an almost impossible undertaking. However, once a general theory of prosody has been

The volume introduces a system for the multilingual transcription of intonation patterns, and the chapters are organized with the same general outline to highli

This handbook presents detailed accounts of current research in all aspects of language prosody, written by leading experts from different disciplines. The volu

This book illustrates an approach to prosodic typology through descriptions of the intonation and the prosodic structure of thirteen typologically different lan