Download or read book The Intonation Systems of English written by Paul Tench and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1996 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main objective of this book is to convince the reader that the forms and meanings of English intonation can be described with considerable precision, despite the common opinion that intonation is highly subjective. Intended not only for students of linguistics and English language, the book also contains information ideal for consideration by language teachers, speech therapists, drama students and other professions that rely heavily upon the spoken word.