INTONATION AS COHESION IN ACADEMIC DISCOURSE
INTONATION AS COHESION IN ACADEMIC DISCOURSE
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语调作为学术话语的凝聚力
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发表时间：
1998
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4.1
通讯作者：
Ann K. Wennerstrom
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作者：
Ann K. Wennerstrom
本文报告了对 18 名普通话讲英语的人的语调进行的研究结果。作为这项研究的基础，有人建议将语调视为英语语篇中衔接的语法：借鉴Pierrehumbert和Hirschberg（1990）的语调模型，认为语调的离散语素对应于Halliday和Hasan（1976）类型学中的衔接类别。该研究调查了这样一个假设：能够最有效地使用英语语调系统的非母语人士将在全球语言测试中得分更高。使用计算机化语音实验室来测量音调，对每个说话者的四个方面的语调进行平均：（a）新引入的实词和功能词之间的音调差异，（b）在短语边界使用高音来链接相关成分，（c）使用音调来区分给定项目中的对比项目，以及（d）修辞关口处的平音或音调范围的增加以表示主题转移。选择这四项措施是因为它们对讲座的凝聚力做出了贡献。多元回归分析表明，第四个语调变量，paratone，是这些受试者英语测试成绩的重要预测因素。低分和高分发言者都给出了上下文中其他变量的示例。需要强调的是，语调不仅是口音的风格组成部分，而且是一个承载意义的语法系统。
This paper reports the results of a study of the intonation of 18 Mandarin Chinese speakers lecturing in English. As a basis for the study, it is proposed that intonation be considered a grammar of cohesion in English discourse: Drawing from the intonational model of Pierrehumbert and Hirschberg (1990), it is argued that discrete morphemes of intonation correspond to the categories of cohesion in Halliday and Hasan's (1976) typology. The study investigated the hypothesis that the nonnative speakers who were able to use the intonation system of English most effectively would score higher on a global language test. Using a Computerized Speech Lab to measure pitch, four aspects of intonation were averaged for each speaker: (a) the pitch difference between newly introduced content words and function words, (b) the use of high pitch at phrase boundaries to link related constituents, (c) the use of pitch to distinguish contrasting items from given items, and (d) the paratone or increase in pitch range at rhetorical junctures to signal topic shift. These four measures were chosen for their contribution to the cohesion of the lectures. Multiple regression analysis indicates that the fourth intonation variable, the paratone, was a significant predictor of these subjects' English test scores. Examples are given of the other variables in context from both low- and high-scoring speakers. It is emphasized that intonation is not only a stylistic component of accent but also a meaning-bearing grammatical system.