Prosodic Features and Prosodic Structure: The Phonology of Suprasegmentals

Fox's book, the first substantial overview on the subject in twenty years, presents an overall view of the nature of prosodic features of language—accent, stress, rhythm, tone, pitch, and intonation—and shows how these connect to sound systems and meaning.

Fox's book, the first substantial overview on the subject in twenty years, presents an overall view of the nature of prosodic features of language—accent, stress, rhythm, tone, pitch, and intonation—and shows how these connect to sound systems and meaning.

Dr Anthony Fox is Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Leeds.