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The introductory chapter (‘A survey of intonation systems’) to this book gives a comprehensive survey of intonation patterns across languages, including patterns in questions requiring yes/no answers such as the ones you ask about:

Hirst, D., & Di Cristo, A. (Eds.). (1998). Intonation Systems: A Survey of Twenty Languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Book URL:

http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/phonetics-and-phonology/intonation-systems-survey-twenty-languages?format=HB

Madalena Cruz-Ferreira

The introductory chapter (‘A survey of intonation systems’) to this book gives a comprehensive survey of intonation patterns across languages, including patterns in of questions requiring yes/no answers such as the ones you ask about:

Hirst, D., & Di Cristo, A. (Eds.). (1998). Intonation Systems: A Survey of Twenty Languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Book URL:

http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/phonetics-and-phonology/intonation-systems-survey-twenty-languages?format=HB

Madalena Cruz-Ferreira

The introductory chapter (‘A survey of intonation systems’) to this book gives a comprehensive survey of intonation patterns across languages, including patterns of questions requiring yes/no answers such as the ones you ask about:

Hirst, D., & Di Cristo, A. (Eds.). (1998). Intonation Systems: A Survey of Twenty Languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Book URL:

http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/phonetics-and-phonology/intonation-systems-survey-twenty-languages?format=HB

Madalena Cruz-Ferreira

The introductory chapter (‘A survey of intonation systems’) to this book gives a comprehensive survey of intonation patterns across languages, including patterns of questions requiring yes/no answers such as the ones you ask about:

Hirst, D., & Di Cristo, A. (Eds.). (1998). Intonation Systems: A Survey of Twenty Languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Book URL:

http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/phonetics-and-phonology/intonation-systems-survey-twenty-languages?format=HB

Madalena Cruz-Ferreira
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