Intonational phrase

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An intonational phrase is a phonological unit with the following properties: (i) it is the largest phonological unit into which an utterance can be divided, (ii) it has a specifiable intonational structure including a single most prominent point (the nucleus), and it matches up in some way with syntactic and discourse structure.

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It seems that the term (or its variant intonation phrase) became popular through the influence of Pierrehumbrt (1980).

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German Intonationsphrase