After seven years of implementation (2005-2012), the science and technique project named “Intonation in the speech of the educated population of Santiago de Cuba”, ended on May 2012 after the satisfactory fulfillment of its objectives. The project was carried out by a team of researchers from the Center for Applied Linguistics led by B.A. Alex Muñoz Alvarado.
The chief of the project presented the final report on May 10, in front of a group of experts that gave positive assessments of the results. They referred to the characterization of the intonation in the speech of the educated population of Santiago de Cuba, the presentation of the multimedia “MELODESA: a melodic profile of the speech in Santiago de Cuba”, and the content of the PhD thesis “Intonation system and norms in the speech of the people from Santiago de Cuba”, that will be defended soon. (May 2012)
