The article deals with the peculiarities of intonational figuration of introductory and inverse disjunctive question in the academic presentational speech. Special attention is paid to the specifics of communicative tasks of the above-mentioned interrogative constructions and intonation patterns of their implementation by native speakers of American English.
Key words: introductory and inverse disjunctive question, academic presentation, intonational figuration, communicative tasks, involvement of the addressee in the discourse.
Reference to article:
Tsimbal A. Yu. Intonation figuration of introductory and inverse disjunctive question in the academic presentational speech // Ivanovo State University Bulletin. Series «The Humanities». 2019. No.1. P. 53-60.