…so asked one of the people in my prosody class during my presentation today of Gussenhoven’s 2002 paper on biological codes and universal vs. language-specific intonational meanings.

My response? “It’s a…a…an intonational thing that carries meaning.” I was looking for the word unit, grr. Instead, the whole class laughed at me. D’oh.

emma :: Mar.13.2007 :: misc, phonology, linguistics :: 16 Comments »