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1、JIntonationandgrammarinBritishEnglish.ByM.A.K.HALLIDAY.(Janualinguarum,seriespractica,48.)TheHague:Mouton,1967.Pp.62.$6.00.ReviewedbyDAVIDCRYSTAL,UniversityofReadingThisbookconsistsmainlyofreprintsoftwoofHalliday'spreviouslypublishedpapers(1963a,b).Bothhavebeenslig
2、htlyadapted,tomakethemmoresuitableforpublication(insertionofbridgepassages,sectionnumbers,etc.),andthereareafewcorrectionsandadditions.TothesehavebeenaddedashortpieceofconversationtranscribedinHallidayannotation,twotablessummarizingthephonologicalandgrammaticalsyst
3、emsdescribed,twodisplaysillustratingtheinterrelationsbetweentheintonationsystemsandbetweenthechusesystemsexpoundedbyintonation,ashortbibliography,andafairlylargenumberofmisprints.(Twotobewareofare'"for/inthevisualsymbolfortoneB2onp.17,and'Jack'for'Jack'intheexample
4、attheendofthesectiononp.26.)Hallidayhasnotchangedhisviewsonintonationinanyseriouswaysincehismaterialwasfirstpublished.1Hisbasicaimisstill'tosuggesthowintonationpatternsmaybedescribedinsuchawayastointegratethemwithinthedescription[ofspokenEnglish]asawhole'(7).Inorde
5、rtofollowhisapproach,therefore,onehastobeawareoftheprinciplesunderlyingthisgeneraldescription-namely,thosepresentedinHalliday1961.MostofthecriticismsIwouldlevelagainsttheviewofintonationpresentedinthisbookare,infact,intelligibleonlyiftheyareseenwithinthecontextofhi
6、sgeneraltheoreticalposition.Itisunfortunatethatinsufficientbackgroundinformationisprovidedinthepresentvolumetoallowthegeneralreadertomakecompletesenseofit(despiteHalliday'sclaimtothecontrary,8);consequentlyadigressiontoprovidesometheoreticalperspectivewouldseemtobe
7、necessaryatthispoint.Readerswhoarewell-steepedinHalIidayanlorewillfindthenextparagraphunnecessary:theymaypickupthetrailattheoneafter.1Thedeliberatealterationscanbereviewedfairlybriefly.Certainpointswhichdonotappearin1963a,butwhichdoin1963b,areretained:thetwoimporta
8、ntchangesarethe-------------','REVIEWS379ThekeynoteofHalliday'spositionisthat'Englishintonationcontrastsaregrammatical:theyareexploitedinthegramm
