What is the difference between prosody and intonation?

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 475.

Alongside of the term “intonation” the term “prosody” is widely used. “Prosody” & “Prosodic” denote non –segmental phenomena, i.e. those which do not enter into the system of segmental phonemes. The British phonetician D. Cristal defines prosodic features as “vocal effects constituted by variations along the parameters of pitch, loudness, duration & silence.”From the very definition of prosody and intonation we can clearly see that both the notions include essentially the same phenomena, but the terms-“intonation and prosody” are used differently by different linguists. Some phoneticians apply the term “prosody” and “prosodic” only to the features pertaining to the syllable and phonetic word, or rhythmic unit which are regarded as meaningless prosodic units & oppose prosody to intonation (which is a meaningful phenomenon).We adhere to the point of view that prosodic features pertain not only to syllables, words & rhythmic groups, but to the intonation group & the utterance as well, since the latter are constituted by these units. The notion of prosody, consequently, is broader than the notion of intonation, as it can be applied to the utterance, the word, the syllable, whereas prosody of the utterance and intonation are equivalent notions.