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<p>New page: An &#039;&#039;&#039;intonational phrase&#039;&#039;&#039; is a phonological unit with the following properties: (i) it is the largest phonological unit into which an <a href="/index.php/Utterance" title="Utterance">utterance</a> can be divided, (ii) it has a specifi...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>An '''intonational phrase''' is a phonological unit with the following properties: (i) it is the largest phonological unit into which an [[utterance]] can be divided, (ii) it has a specifiable [[intonation]]al structure including a single most prominent point (the [[nucleus]]), and it matches up in some way with syntactic and discourse structure.<br /> <br /> ===Comments===<br /> It seems that the term (or its variant ''intonation phrase'') became popular through the influence of Pierrehumbrt (1980).<br /> <br /> ===Synonyms===<br /> *[[phonemic clause]] (Trager &amp; Smith 1951)<br /> *[[macrosegment]] (Hockett 1958)<br /> *[[tone group]] (Halliday 1967)<br /> *[[breath group]] (Lieberman 1967)<br /> <br /> ===References===<br /> *[[Halliday, M.A.K.]] 1967. ''Intonation and grammar in British English.'' The Hague: Mouton.<br /> *[[Hockett, Charles F.]] 1958. ''A course in modern linguistics.'' New York: Macmillan.<br /> *[[Liebrman, Philip]]. 1967. ''Intonation, perception, and language.'' Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.<br /> *[[Pierrehumbrt, Janet]]. 1980. The phonology and phonetics of English intonation. Ph.D. dissertation, MIT.<br /> *[[Trager, George L.]] &amp; [[Smith, H.L.]] 1951. ''An outline of English structure.'' Norman, OK: Battenburg Press.<br /> <br /> ===Other languages===<br /> German [[Intonationsphrase]]<br /> <br /> {{dc}}<br /> [[Category:Phonetics and phonology]]<br /> [[Category:Intonation]]</div>

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