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Language and Text
2017. Vol. 4, no. 3, 139–143
doi:10.17759/langt.2017040314
ISSN: 2312-2757 (online)

Style variation of intonation in intercultural communication and in the practice of teaching English

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E.L. Freydina

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Abstract

The article is devoted to the problems of stylistic variation of phonetic means in English oral discourse. The author gives an overview of contextual factors which influence the prosodic realisation of speech. It is demonstrated that in speech interaction the factors related to the local context (the immediate speech situation) are closely connected to the sociocultural context. The problems of phonostylistics are discussed with regard to cross-cultural communication and EFL teaching. It is argued that phonostylistics should be integrated into the course of phonetics for the students of foreign languages faculties. The author outlines some approaches to teaching the fundamentals of phonostylistics.

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Keywords: phonostylistics, speaking styles, extralinguistic factors, sociocultural context, prosodic features, sociocultural competence

Journal rubric: Intercultural Communication and Problems of Globalization: Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/langt.2017040314

For citation: Freydina E.L. Style variation of intonation in intercultural communication and in the practice of teaching English [Elektronnyi resurs]. Âzyk i tekst = Language and Text, 2017. Vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 139–143. DOI: 10.17759/langt.2017040314. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Elena L. Freydina, Doctor of Philology, Professor, Professor, Department of English Phonetics and Lexis, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Moscow Pedagogical State University, Moscow, Russia, e-mail: freydina55@mail.ru

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