Intonation in the grammar of English 1st Edition by Michael Alexander Kirkwood Halliday, William S Greaves ISBN 1904768156 9781904768159

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ISBN 10: 1904768156 
ISBN 13: 9781904768159
Author: Michael Alexander Kirkwood Halliday, William S Greaves

M.A.K. Halliday’s Intonation in the Grammar of English (1994) is a foundational work that explores how intonation functions as an integral part of the grammar—not merely as an optional or stylistic feature of speech, but as a structured and meaningful system. Halliday presents intonation within the framework of systemic functional linguistics (SFL), emphasizing its semantic and pragmatic roles in communication.

Rather than treating intonation as an add-on to grammatical structure, Halliday argues that it should be viewed as grammatical in itself, forming part of the systems by which speakers make meaning. 

Throughout the book, Halliday provides a detailed description of how intonation interacts with mood, theme-rheme structure, information structure, and even discourse coherence. His goal is to demonstrate that intonation is not just phonetic variation but a systematic resource for meaning-making, encoded in the grammar of English.

Intonation in the grammar of English 1st Table of contents:

1. Introduction

• 1.1 Intonation in Linguistic Theory
• 1.2 The Nature of Intonation
• 1.3 Historical Background
• 1.4 Objectives and Approach

2. The Tones and Their Meanings

• 2.1 The Tone System
• 2.2 Major Tones in English
• 2.3 Tonicity: The Placement of the Tone
• 2.4 Tonality: The Division into Tone Groups

3. Tonality: Meaning and Structure

• 3.1 The Tone Group and the Clause
• 3.2 Boundaries and Grouping
• 3.3 Thematic Structure and Tonality

4. Tonicity: Information Focus

• 4.1 The Location of the Tonic Syllable
• 4.2 Given vs. New Information
• 4.3 Focus and Contrast
• 4.4 Exceptions and Variations

5. Tone: The Major Systems

• 5.1 The System Network of Tone
• 5.2 Fall, Rise, Fall-Rise, Rise-Fall
• 5.3 Choices and Their Interpretations

6. Tone and Mood

• 6.1 Statements, Questions, and Commands
• 6.2 Mood and Intonation
• 6.3 Modal Meaning through Tone

7. Tone and Information Structure

• 7.1 Theme–Rheme Relations
• 7.2 Marked and Unmarked Tonicity
• 7.3 Tone and Information Packaging

8. Tone and Discourse

• 8.1 Cohesion and Progression
• 8.2 Discourse Markers and Intonation
• 8.3 Tone Choices in Conversation

9. Towards a Functional Theory of Intonation

• 9.1 Summary of Findings
• 9.2 Integration with the Grammar
• 9.3 Intonation as a Semantic System

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