Thank you for another great video. When filling out our answer what order do you recommend we go. Should we start by applying and dissecting the theories or should we initially stick to the framework: phonology, grammar, pragmatics etc
Begin first with framework - outlining that before delving into the theories. The frameworks (compiled by many theorists) set the parameters for your discussion and then the theories bring in different scholars' perspectives. Hope that helps!
I'm curious, is David Crystal's observation that children use intonation to ask questions universal, applying to tonal languages? Are there exceptions? The only other one I can think of is sign language but perhaps there are other languages that use intonation differently. Can you give input on this? Thank you!
Late response, but I would imagine using intonation for questions is definitely not universal. It's only one of several methods we use to signal a question. Even in English, if you asked "Where did you go yesterday?", you'll notice it sounds strange to raise intonation at the end because there's already a question word (where) signaling a question. To get into tonal languages, I've been learning Mandarin for only a couple months now, so I could be wrong here, but my understanding is that there's no intonation change when asking a question. You would either add a question tag of some sort, or the listener is basically expected to intuit that your statement was meant to be a question through context.
