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Functions of intonation 1

Functions of intonation 1. Chapter 18. There are four different functions of intonation:. 1. Attitudinal : to express emotions and attitudes 2. Accentual : to focus attention on a lexical item or syllable by tonic stress

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Functions of intonation 1

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  1. Functions of intonation 1 Chapter 18

  2. There are four different functions of intonation: 1. Attitudinal: to express emotions and attitudes 2. Accentual: to focus attention on a lexical item or syllable by tonic stress 3. Grammatical: to recognize the grammar and syntactic structure 4. Discourse: to signal new or given information in a conversation

  3. Attitudinal function of intonation Feeling and attitudes are expressed b different forms of tone

  4. 1.Fall: To express finality, definiteness: That is the end of the \news I’m absolutely \certain Stop \talking

  5. 2.Rise: To express: General questions Can you ∕help me Listing ∕Red, ∕brown, ∕yellow and \blue More to follow You must write it ∕again(and this time it must be right) Encouraging It won’t ∕hurt

  6. 3. Fall-rise To express: Uncertainty, doubt You ˇmay be right Requesting Can I ˇbuy it

  7. 4. Rise-fall To express: Surprise, being impressed You were ˆfirst

  8. There are three supra-segmental variables in attitudinal intonation • Sequential: elements in sequence of other elements • pre-heads, heads, tonic syllables, tails • Pauses • Tone-unit boundaries • Prosodic:observed while speech is going on • Pitch range • Key • Loudness • Speed • Voice quality • Paralinguistic: facial expressions, gestures, body movements • Body language

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