Typological analysis of anglo-russian correspondences in the prosody of concessionality

Kuznetsova Marina

The article deals with the typological analysis of Anglo-Russian correspondences in the prosody of concessionality. Comparison of indicators of three groups of informants revealed that these indicators are in the same statistical zones and uniformly reflect the degree of identification of compliance in a particular variety of statements. The meaning of concession in concession statements is explicated most invariantly at the site of the concession component. However, naive native speakers are invariably less "sensitive" to the meaning of concession.

Keywords:prosody, concession, concessional component.