Falling
Continuation; Uncertainty; YES/NO questions for repetition or clarification; disbelief
The rising tone is used in the following types of sentences and situations:
1). In yes-no questions.
(1) Do you speak ↗Greek?
2). Yes-no-question-like Interjections I'll con'tact the university, |↗right? ('O↗K?) 3). In tag questions (speakers are not sure and want to check) He was promoted, ↗wasn't he? Come over 'here a minute, |↗will you? 4). In an independent question. A: I'm thinking of taking a break. B: ↗Are you?
(2) -Does she eat sweets?
- ↘No, he ↘doesn't. He's 'stopped ↘smoking.
- ↘Yes, she ↘ does. She 'eats ↘everyday.
6). In questions tags (when speaker is certain about the answer) (1) She's 'looking for a raincoat, ↘isn't she? (2) The blue 'raincoat is too bright, ↘isn't it? 7). When correcting incorrect statements A: It's an Aus↘tralian program. B: ↘No, it is an A↘merican program. 8). In greetings. (1) Good ↘(↗)morning! (2) Hi↘.
1)The Government of South Africa said /the Zambian President has grossly neglected the incidence of AIDS. 2)The Government of South Africa/ said the Zambian President /has grossly neglected the incidence of AIDS.
Intonation
Tone
Fall, Rise, and Fall-Rise; Level
Sentence Meaning
Lexical Meaning
Intonation Meaning
Make sense out of sounds.
Sense Group
Intonation Unit (Group)
Fall-Rise
·No pause within an intonation unit. ·Pause between boundaries. ·Rhythm: stressed vs. unstressed
Those who sold quickly made a profit.
1)Those who sold quickly /made a profit. 2)Those who sold /quickly made a profit.
Phonetics Lesson Intonation
The 12th Class
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Nucleus Tone Unit
Most important word in a sentence or a tone unit (Stressed syllable of the last prominent word).
Rising
Contrast; Implicational; Correcting mistakes; Warnings; apology
The Fall-rise tone is used in the following types of sentences and situations:
1) He'll 'come on ∨Wednesday, but 'not on Friday.
books. 5). In alternative questions Would you `like a `cup of ↗tea or a `glass of ↘milk? 6). In subordinate clause or non-final phrase `When she `got to the ↗station, the `train had `already ↘left. 7). Ask for repeat or attention A: Miss↗ Hill, |May I 'have a ↗word with you? B: ↗Pardon?
But there are borders and there are borders. But there are BORders /and there are BORders.
The Government of South Africa said the Zambian President has grossly neglected the incidence of AIDS.
Falling
The falling tone is used in the following types of sentences and situats-no question to express agreement.
(1) -Does he want a cigarette?
Prehead Head We
Prehead
think
Necleus
so.
Tail
'English is a global language.
Tail
Nucleus
Head
Nucleus
Tail
Falling A
Rising B
Fall-Rise C
Completion, Certainty, WH-question
2) A: Do you smoke?
B: I 'do oc∨casionally. (but 'not ∨regularly.) 3) A: I 'can't do it. B: You ∨can. 4) 'Do as I ∨say, or 'something bad will happen. 5) A: Is May in? B: I'm ∨sorry, but she is out.
Rising
The rising tone is used in the following types of sentences and situations:
4). When listing a few examples
Let’s `count our `new ↘books. ↗One, ↗two, ↘three. `Oh, we have ↘five new
The falling tone is used in the following types of sentences and situations:
1). In independent statements.
(1) It is 'ten ↘thirty.
(2) I'm 'glad to ↘meet you. 2). In WH-questions. (1) 'How was Harry's ↘holiday? (2) 'Where was the ↘hotel? 3). In imperative sentences. (1) 'Be ↘careful. (2) 'Don't ↘drop it. 4). In exclamatory sentences (1) ↘Lovely! (2) You're 'absolutely ↘right!