... a discourse. 139 4. Intonational and Discourse Phenomena The major questions underlying our research are: First, what is the relationship between particular'- ,intonational phenomena ... distinct intonational phenomena seem to produce discourse effects that seem intuitively to be closely related. And sometimes several discourse phenomena may indicate conflicting intonational ... major intonational phenomena pitch range, accent, and tune and some of the information they allow speakers to communicate about discourse, demonstrating some links between discourse and intonational...