intonation

1. what is accentual function

conveys what is new and what is given information. conveys to the listener what type of response is required. the nuclear tone will be placed on words with higher information content.
this is expressing emotions and attitudes
putting stress and focusing on important word intonation phrase. concerns the placement and nuclear tone within intonation phrase
highlighting grammatical and syntactic structure of what is being said. example phrase boundaries and questions vs statements

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conveys what is new and what is given information. conveys to the listener what type of response is required. the nuclear tone will be placed on words with higher information content.
this is expressing emotions and attitudes
highlighting grammatical and syntactic structure of what is being said. example phrase boundaries and questions vs statements
putting stress and focusing on important word intonation phrase. concerns the placement and nuclear tone within intonation phrase

this is expressing emotions and attitudes
it has two aspects focusing the listeners attention of the most important part of what's being said and regulating conversational behaviour.
putting stress and focusing on important word intonation phrase. concerns the placement and nuclear tone within intonation phrase
highlighting grammatical and syntactic structure of what is being said. example phrase boundaries and questions vs statements

this is expressing emotions and attitudes
highlighting grammatical and syntactic structure of what is being said. example phrase boundaries and questions vs statements
putting stress and focusing on important word intonation phrase. concerns the placement and nuclear tone within intonation phrase
conveys what is new and what is given information. conveys to the listener what type of response is required. the nuclear tone will be placed on words with higher information content.

this is expressing emotions and attitudes
highlighting grammatical and syntactic structure of what is being said. example phrase boundaries and questions vs statements
conveys what is new and what is given information. conveys to the listener what type of response is required. the nuclear tone will be placed on words with higher information content.
putting stress and focusing on important word intonation phrase. concerns the placement and nuclear tone within intonation phrase