English Language A-Level
Intonation
What Intonation means in English Language A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Intonation
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A prosodic feature, not a phonological one, such as falling intonation on a tag question that invites agreement.
Topics that use Intonation
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- Context
- Denotation and connotation
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- Grammar as a meaning-making resource
- Graphology
- Historical semantic change
- Implicature and the cooperative principle
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