中国英语学习者一般疑问句与特殊疑问句的语调分析

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2、ne1anguageandthereisinteractionalrelationbetweentoneandintonation；itsintonationisaboutpitchrangeandrepresentedbyraisingor10weringthepitchrange．Therefore，thisstudyaimsatinvestigatingtheChineseEFL1eamers’intonationingeneralandspecialquestionsflromthreelayers：whoIe·se

3、ntenced—based，fbot·basedandword—based，underthetheoreticalframeworkofContrastiveAnalysisHypothesisandProsodicTransferHypothesis，soastogeneralizetheEngiishintonationalfeaturesoftheChineseEFLlearners．SpecificaIly，thisthesisfocusesonthefollowingthreequestions：1)Whatare

4、thedif．ferencesinthepitchpatternsofgeneralquestionsbetweenChineseEFLleamersandnativeEngIishspeakers?2)Whatarethedif佗rencesinthepitchpatternsofspecialquestionsbetweenthem?3)Basedonthegenders，howarethediff色rencesrepresentedbetweentheminthepitchpatternsofgeneralandspe

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