In which I attempt to explain what intonation does for a living in an episode of BBC Radio 4’s Word of Mouth, with Michael Rosen and Laura Wright, on the topic of “Intonation: The Music of Speaking”. Available as a podcast.
A big thanks to Justin Watkins of SOAS for sharing the Burmese tones sound files which we used in the programme (and which also appear in the Illustration of the IPA for Burmese).