Contrast as bearer of implicit meaning
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https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2018/09/0023/000356Keywords:
prosody, intonation construction, contrast, implicationAbstract
This paper analyzes contrast as a modifier of communicative meaning, examining its accent structure, intonation contour, sound intensity, and use for conveying implicit meanings. We argue that contrastive highlighting of one of the utterance components in the given examples is made strategically by the speaker in order to convey an occasional implicit meaning. All examples are illustrated with graphs displaying tone fluctuations and sound intensity.
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