The Multifunctional Analysis of the Russian Intonation in Language and Speech in the beginning of the ХХІ-st century
The article is devoted to the multifunctional analysis of Russian intonation, its place in the system of language and speech. The author describes the peculiarities of intonation characteristics, singles out the following approaches to intonation description - systemic-structural or phonological, normative, typological and cultural studies. The attention is focused on intonation functioning in the system of intercultural communication.