Varieties of Tone

Varieties of Tone
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 417
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ISBN-10 : 9781137263544
ISBN-13 : 1137263547
Rating : 4/5 (547 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Varieties of Tone by : R. Kortum

Download or read book Varieties of Tone written by R. Kortum and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-11-15 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In clear and lively prose that avoids jargon, the author carefully and systematically examines the many kinds of subtly nuanced words or word-pairs of everyday discourse such as 'and'-'but', 'before'-'ere', 'Chinese'-'Chink', and 'sweat'-'perspiration', that have proven resistant to truth-conditional explanations of meaning.


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