Prosodic Features and Prosodic Structure: The Phonology of Suprasegmentals Oxford Linguistics

Author	Anthony Fox
Format	Paperback
ISBN	9780199253968
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Manufacturer	Oxford University Press

This book is about the prosodic features of speech, which are things like length, accent, stress, tone, and intonation. It discusses these features from a variety of theoretical perspectives, and emphasizes the relationships and interdependencies between them.

This book focuses on the description and analysis of the "prosodic" features of speech, including length, accent and stress, tone, and intonation. Fox identifies criteria for defining these features and examines the features in depth from a variety of theoretical perspectives. Throughout, he emphasizes the relationships and interdependencies between the different features and their place in the overall structure and organization of utterances.