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Dr. David Brazil challenges the common belief that intonation in English questions strictly follows a pattern of rising and falling tones. He argues that intonation should be understood in the context of discourse function rather than grammar, emphasizing the interactive nature of communication. Brazil categorizes exchanges into three types: telling, asking, and matching, highlighting that intonation choices do not necessarily correlate with grammatical structures.

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