PROSODIC FEATURES OF SPEECH REALIZATION OF NARRATIVE COMPOSITIONAL FORMS “NARRATION PROPER”, “DESCRIPTION”, “ARGUMENTATION” IN THE ENGLISH DETECTIVE STORY (ON THE BASIS OF THE ENGLISH ORAL DISCOURSE)

Abstract

The present article is an attempt to define prosodic features of speech realization of narrative compositional forms “narration proper”, “description”, “argumentation” on the basis of the English detective story. The paper includes the description of the notion “narrative compositional form” and presents its traditional classification. Besides, there is an analysis of the notion “intonation” and its functions in language and speech. The theoretical background has allowed us to conduct perceptive and auditory investigations to draw a prosodic portrait of the English detective story.