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<p> The paper is concerned with the prosodic features of non-literal language use in indirect elicitations in radio talk. It will be demonstrated how intonation becomes mirror of some contextual factors, and how the prosodic features of elicitations can corroborate the speaker’s meaning manifested through certain lexico-grammatical elements in the discourse.</p>
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The paper is concerned with the prosodic features of non-literal language use in indirect elicitations in radio talk. It will be demonstrated how intonation becomes mirror of some contextual factors, and how the prosodic features of elicitations can corroborate the speaker’s meaning manifested through certain lexico-grammatical elements in the discourse.

Prosody in Elicitations: A Study of Intonation in BBC Talk Radio Shows

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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The paper is concerned with the prosodic features of non-literal language use in indirect elicitations in radio talk. It will be demonstrated how intonation...

Prosody in Elicitations: A Study of Intonation in BBC Talk Radio Shows

Published Online: Feb 21, 2013

Page range: 38 - 48

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10319-012-0005-z

Keywords
context, discourse, indirectness, lexico-grammar, prosody

© 2012 by Versita

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Prosody in Elicitations: A Study of Intonation in BBC Talk Radio Shows

Published Online: Feb 21, 2013

Page range: 38 - 48

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10319-012-0005-z

Keywordscontext, discourse, indirectness, lexico-grammar, prosody

© 2012 by Versita

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
context, discourse, indirectness, lexico-grammar, prosody