THE LINGUISTIC FUNCTIONS OF INTONATION COMPONENTS IN ENGLISH

Abstract:

Intonation is very important in communication as it gives information beyond just the basic meaning of the words. It can express the speaker's attitude or feeling about something, as well as giving grammatical information (such as distinguishing between a statement and a question).In linguistics, intonation is variation in pitch used to indicate the speaker's attitudes and emotions, to highlight or focus an expression, to signal the illocutionary act performed by a sentence, or to regulate the flow of discourse.