This volume demonstrates the synergies that can result from interdisciplinary collaboration.
Responding to the growing interest in the interface between prosody and pragmatics, it …

This special issue contains 12 papers, all of which address the interface between prosody
and pragmatics. The aim of the issue is to illustrate the role that prosody can play in the …

Pragmatics is the study of utterance meaning, and it is well known that prosody–or, more
informally,'tone of voice'–can contribute crucially to that meaning. Pragmatic effects in …

Since the 1980s, prosody has become both a nationally and internationally noticed and
productive field of enquiry. Prosody is being studied within nearly every linguistic school and …

The aim of this chapter is to give the reader an idea of the various dimensions along which
the debates on the relationship between pragmatics and prosody take place, then go on to …

In recent years, easier access to more sophisticated speech analysis tools, the development
of new standard labeling schemes for prosodic labeling and for labeling discourse features …

Prosodic elements such as stress and intonation are generally seen as providing both
'natural'and properly linguistic input to utterance comprehension. They contribute not only to …

In this paper I will be arguing that in a very real sense participants' prosodic behaviors in
focused encounters are inter-calibrated with one another and that this is one important …

Spoken interaction is impossible without prosody. Intonation, pitch register, tempo, rhythm,
pausing, loudness and voice quality all contribute to the spontaneous negotiation process …

This chapter is an attempt to take stock of advances in the field of prosody, in particular those
which have had a direct impact on pragmatics and the study of language use in social …