The intonation patterns of Malay speakers of English: A discourse intonation approach

• Main Authors: Mat Nayan, Noor Fadhilah, Setter, Jane
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: P Philology. Linguistics
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/8585/1/TH.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/8585/; http://www.icphs2011.hk/
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

This paper presents some preliminary data from a study which investigates the intonation patterns of Malay speakers of English (MSEs).The study examines the MSEs’ intonation using Brazil’s [4] Discourse Intonation (DI) approach as the main method of analysis, with a view to modifying DI for this var...