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1895 J. Osgood in June 503 The misused intonational ‘twist’, technically noted as the circumflex inflection.
1952 91 Differences of intonational relationship between stem and ending.
1958 C. F. Hockett 45 Certain types of speech..show..a total loss of intonational contrasts.
1964 R. H. Robins iv. 149 In English..stressed syllables carry more intonational weight than unstressed syllables.
1971 D. Crystal 133 The intonational movement over the noun phrase as a whole must be indicated.