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

Discourse Intonation (DI)(Brazil 1997; Chun 2002) seems to be particularly well suited for
use in the EFL classroom, much more so than the rather complex traditional models (eg …

The aim of this paper is to offer a discourse perspective on the intonation of Singapore
English (SE). As a framework for my description, I have used the model of discourse …

Discourse intonation attempts to explain how intonation patterns in English affect the
communicative value of speech, through the use of falling and rising tones along with …

The teaching of pronunciation has for a long time concentrated on segmental features.
Increasingly, however, writers and researchers have called for greater emphasis to be …

Brazil's system of discourse intonation (DI) is critically appraised, and some shortcomings
are described. Modifications to DI are suggested, the most important being to recognize that …

The first part of this paper outlines a study conducted in Malaysia to investigate whether a
systematic teaching of intonation would increase learners' awareness of its role in discourse …

With the intent of researching the phenomenon of American English intonation to inform
classroom practices, this study investigated the intonation of a TED Talk in a multi-layered …

This chapter considers pedagogical approaches to intonation in theory and in practice,
using both examples from textbooks and data from an original study looking at intonation …

This dissertation investigates intonation in the discourse of nonnative speakers of English. It
is proposed that intonation functions as a grammar of cohesion, contributing to the …