Abstract: This chapter is concerned with the contribution of phonological distinctions to encoding the Interpersonal and Representational Levels. Utterances are composed of layers of structure, right down to the Syllable. Not all the layers are in evidence in all languages, however. The chapter focuses on prosodic distinctions.

Keywords: Utterance, Intonational Phrase, Phonological Phrase, Phonological Word, Foot, Syllable, Clitic, Nuclear Syllable,