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Intonation 2

Intonation 2. Chapter 16. What is an intonation language?. It is a language in which substituting one distinctive tone for another on a particular word or morpheme can cause a change in the (lexical) dictionary meaning of that word. What is a tone unit?.

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Intonation 2

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  1. Intonation 2 Chapter 16

  2. What is an intonation language? It is a language in which substituting one distinctive tone for another on a particular word or morpheme can cause a change in the (lexical) dictionary meaning of that word

  3. What is a tone unit? An utterance of one or more than one syllable It has a tonic syllable and a tonic stress

  4. What is a tonic syllable? • A syllable that carries a tone Is that ∕ you?

  5. What is a tonic stress? • A stress carried by the tonic syllable

  6. The structure of the tone-unit Simple One tonic syllable Complex Two tonic syllables

  7. The structure of intonation is composed of: 1. The head 2.The pre-head 3. The tail

  8. 1. The head is: • All the part of the tone unit that extends from the first stressed syllable up to but not including the tonic syllable • The headtonic syllable ‘Give me\those

  9. 2. Pre-head All the unstressed syllables in atone unit preceding the first stressed syllables 1. When there is no head pre-headtonic syllable In an \hour 2. When there is a head Pre-headheadtonic syllable In a ‘little ‘less than an \hour

  10. 3. The tail • Any syllable between the tonic syllable and the end of the tone- unit tonic syllable tail \Lookat it tonic syllable tail ∕Whatdid you say

  11. We can summarize the tone-unit structure as: (PH) (H) TS (T) In a ‘little ‘less than an \hour I think

  12. where is the head? ‘Bill is \here ‘Sara ‘called to ‘give me \these If ‘They ‘wouldn’t \care

  13. Where is the pre-head? On the ‘black \table To the ‘left \hand there

  14. Where is the tail? \Bothof them If it \rains outside

  15. True or false: • A tonic syllable carries only the tone and not the tonic stress Χ • The structure of the tone unit could be simple or complex √ • A head extends from the first stressed syllable and includes the tonic syllable Χ

  16. True or false: • The pre-head all the unstressed syllables preceding the second stressed syllable Χ • A pre-head could precede a head or tonic syllable √ • Syllables between the tonic syllable and the end of the tone-unit √

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