Efforts of contemporary researchers in the study of intonation, a critical study

Abstract

Intonation has aroused, in recent decades, the interest of many researchers. They devoted to it, to
excess, multiple articles and books. This is achieved, unfortunately, at the expense of important
elements that contribute to establishing the significations of the discourse and to delimit its
meaning and intentions. The most important among these elements are: the intentionality of
discourse, the two contexts (social and linguistic) of discourse, the position of the interlocutor and
others.
This article attempts to identify the causes of this failure in these language studies; especially those
concerning the semantic aspect. Then, it proposes solutions and recommendations in order to set
the record straight and to give equitably to each element which contributes to the formation of the
meanings of discourse what is due to it by right