Abstract
This study aims to investigate the role of rhythm and intonation in syntactic description in English, arguing for the influences of rhythm and intonation on the use or choice of syntactic structures. Rhythmic alternation between stressed and unstressed syllables has an important influence on determining syntactic word order, especially on the choice of genitives, binomials, a-adjectives, and double objective construction in which English speakers tend to prefer eurhythmic structures without stress clashes and lapses. Intonation can also significantly affect disambiguation of syntactic ambiguities in coordinated structures, relative clauses, reporting clauses, sentence adverbials, to-infinitive structures, vocatives, and appositions. It is necessary for English teachers to make students understand the role of rhythm and intonation that affect the interpretation of syntactic structures, by giving a wide range of examples of English phrases and sentences.
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