Frontmatter -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- PART I. BACKGROUND -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. PRELIMINARY DEFINITIONS -- 3. THE ACQUISITION AND NATURE OF SPEECH MELODY -- 4. THE LINGUISTIC FUNCTIONS OF SPEECH MELODY -- 5. THE CULTURAL BASIS OF SPEECH MELODY -- 6. THE MECHANICS OF SPEECH MELODY -- PART II. PROCEDURE -- 7. DESCRIPTION AND MEASUREMENTS -- 8. ESTABLISHMENT OF INVARIANTS -- PART III. ANALYSIS -- 9. INTONATION UNITS AND MOTIFS -- 10. INTONATION OF THE ORAL PARAGRAPH -- 11. INTONATION OF THE MACROSENTENCE -- 12. INTONATION OF THE PHRASE -- CONCLUSIONS -- GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF NAMES -- INDEX OE TERMS