Machine generated contents note: Preface Foreword by John Local 1 Intonation 2 Turns 3 Topics and focus 4 Actions 5 Intonation in interaction profile 6 Infancy 7 Pre-school years 8 School years 9 Models 10 Speech, language and literary difficulties 11 Autism spectrum and learning difficulties 12 Hearing impairments References Appendices 1: Transcription conventions 2: Robin: background information 3: Intonation in interaction profile 4: Developmental phase model 5: Intonation processing model 6: Mick 7: Jacob 8: Ricky Index.