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- 1. Shes married. Shes married? Shes married. Shes married?
- 2. INTONATION Intonation describes how the voice rises and
falls in speech.
- 3. TONE UNITS The part of a sentence over which a particular
pattern extends is called a tone group.(OR tone unit, intonation
group, intonation unit,etc.), each tone unit carries one change of
tone. A short sentence often forms a single tone group, while
longer ones are made up of two or more.
- 4. Structure of Tone units (PH) (H) TS (T) TS: tonic syllable
(nucleus) PH: Pre-head H: Head T: tail
- 5. Tone unit example Its just after midnight. TS: tonic
syllable (nucleus): carries the tone (compulsory) PH: Pre-head:
unstressed syllables before the first stressed syllable. H: Head:
from the first stressed syllalbe up to (but not including) the
tonic syllable T: tail: any syllables following the tonic
syllable
- 6. Tone unit example Its just after midnight. Tonic syllble
Carries the tone headPre-head tail
- 7. Tonic syllable The most usual place for the nucleus is on
the final stressed syllable in the TU Perhaps it was the middle of
January. But the nucleus can move around according to context.
Perhaps it was the middle of January. Perhaps it was the middle of
January. Perhaps it was the middle of January
- 8. practice Mark the tone units `Take it. `Johns coming.
`Susans knocking at the door. It was im`possible. They were in a
terrible `mess. There were too many `people there.
- 9. THE BASIC ENGLISH TUNES The falling tune The glide down The
first rising tune The glide up The second rising tune The take off
The falling rising tune The dive
- 10. THE FALLING TUNE THE GLIDE DOWN a fall in voice from a
fairly high pitch to a very low one If there is one important word:
On a single syllable, the voice falls within the syllable. On more
than one syllable: the voice either falls within the stressed
syllable or jumps down from that syllable to the next Unstressed
syllables at the end are all very low.
- 11. If there are other words following the falls, they may
still have stress, but they are still said on that very low pitch
just like the unstressed syllable. THE GLIDE DOWN
- 12. THE GLIDE DOWN High head
- 13. Low head any stressed syllable near the beginning which
belongs to a word which is not important is said on that rather low
pitch.
- 14. THE GLIDE DOWN If there are any unstressed syllables before
the stressed syllable of the first important word, these are all
said on a rather low pitch.
- 15. THE GLIDE DOWN- PRACTICE `wonderful Johns coming `Susans
knocking at the door Seventy `five It was im`possible They were in
a terrible `mess Why did you tell him he was `wrong?
- 16. THE GLIDE DOWN Statements which are complete and definite
Wh-questions to sound more businesslike, interested in the
subject
- 17. THE GLIDE DOWN Yes/No questions used as responses Tag
questions : to force the other person to agree with you
- 18. THE GLIDE DOWN Strong commands Strong exclamations
- 19. Glide down Listen and mark the tune I could have cried. Ill
see you on Thursday night. Its just after midnight There were too
many people there It wasnt half as difficult as I thought it would
be. You can phone me at any time of the day or night. I waited
almost twenty-five minutes for the wretched man.
- 20. THE FIST RISING TUNE THE GLIDE UP The glide up is the
intonation pattern consisting of a rise at the end of a sentence
but the tune starts at a high pitch. Just like the Glide down
except that it ends with a rise in the voice instead of a fall. The
stresses syllable of the last important word is low
- 21. THE GLIDE UP Rise on one syllable
- 22. THE GLIDE UP
- 23. THE GLIDE UP-PRACTICE
- 24. THE GLIDE UP
- 25. THE GLIDE UP
- 26. The glide up Listen and mark the tune Hes perfectly capable
of looking after himself. I told him I was very pleased to see him.
I shant be any later than I usually am Did you say it was your
twentieth birthday today? Could I borrow this book for a day or
two? Would you mind if I brought my mother-in-law to see you?
- 27. THE SECOND RISING TUNE THE TAKE OFF The take off is the
intonation pattern that ends with a rise in the voice like the
Glide up but any words or syllables before the rise are low.
- 28. The take-off The rise starts at the stressed syllable of
the last important word. The rise may take place on one syllable,
or spread over several syllables. Before the rise any stressed
syllables are said on the same low pitch as the beginning of the
rise
- 29. THE TAKE OFF
- 30. THE TAKE OFF
- 31. THE TAKE OFF You like it You enjoyed it You were enjoying
it I didnt hurt you No-ones stopping you It was perfectly
understandable I wasnt expecting him at six oclock in the morning I
didnt think hes mind me borrowing it for a while You shouldnt have
given him all that money, you silly boy
- 32. THE TAKE OFF
- 33. THE FALLING-RISING TUNE THE DIVE The dive is the intonation
pattern consisting of a fall from a rather high pitch to a low one
and then a rise to about the middle of the voice.
- 34. THE DIVE The fall-rise is connected with the stressed
syllable of the last important word. If that syllable is final in
the group, the fall-rise is completed on the syllable. If there is
one or several syllables following, the fall-rise are separated
(the fall is on the stressed syllable of the last important word
& the rise on the last syllable of all)
- 35. THE DIVE Words or syllables before the fall are said in the
same way as for the Glide-down & Glide-up.
- 36. THE DIVE
- 37. The Dive
- 38. The Dive
- 39. THE DIVE I couldnt help it Someones got to do it Mary would
probably tell you John came home today Several people have told me
they thought it looked pretty Dont worry Dont be late You mustnt
lose it You can have it for a couple of days Try not to break that
I went up to London by car today John told me he was going on
holiday next week I hear theres been a great deal of trouble about
that
- 40. THE DIVE