ABSTRACT
The use of special intonation patterns to denote situations which are in some way stereotyped has been the subject of much debate in the phonological literature. Discussion has particularly centred on what Ladd (1978a) characterised as ‘stylised’ contours, where the melody is composed of a series of sustained pitches, rather than falling or rising pitch glides. A typical example is given in (1):
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(1) |
_Come and –get –it |
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L– H– M– |
