Children's Intonation

Bill Wells and Joy Stackhouse are both Professors within the Department of Human Communication Sciences at the University of Sheffield, UK

• Foreword viPreface viiiAcknowledgements xiAbout the companion website xii1 Intonation 12 Turns 173 Focus 404 Actions 685 The Intonation In Interaction Profile (IIP) 926 Infancy 1137 Preschool years 1398 School years 1689 Models 19910 Speech, language and literacy impairments 21411 Autism spectrum disorders and learning difficulties 24912 Hearing impairment and cochlear implants 276References 301Appendix 1 Transcription conventions and symbols 311Appendix 2 Background to the recordings of Robin and his mother 314Appendix 3 The Intonation In Interaction Profile (IIP): Proforma 315Appendix 4 The Developmental Phase Model 319Appendix 5 The Intonation Processing Model 324Appendix 6 The Intonation In Interaction Profile: Mick 325Appendix 7 The Intonation In Interaction Profile: Jacob 329Appendix 8 Phonetic transcript: Ricky 333Index 343

"Each chapter is clearly structured, and provides transcribed excerpts from parent-child or child-child talk (often illuminated by recorded data on the authors' website), which are then analysed and profiled; enabling the reader to identify the nature of potential intonation difficulties, and to interpret these as a starting point for planning possible intervention. I recommend this book as a valuable resource." (RCSLT Bulletin 2016)