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2011-12 LINGUA INGLESE 1 modulo A/B Introduction to English Linguistics prof. Hugo Bowles

2011-12 LINGUA INGLESE 1 modulo A/B Introduction to English Linguistics prof. Hugo Bowles. Lesson 17 Intonation. The functions of intonation. Attitudinal function Accentual function Grammatical function Discourse function.

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2011-12 LINGUA INGLESE 1 modulo A/B Introduction to English Linguistics prof. Hugo Bowles

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  1. 2011-12 LINGUA INGLESE 1 modulo A/BIntroduction to English Linguisticsprof. Hugo Bowles Lesson 17 Intonation

  2. The functions of intonation • Attitudinal function • Accentual function • Grammatical function • Discourse function

  3. Speech may be divided into tone units.Each tone unit is composed of: • a tonic syllable (obligatory) • optional elements which precede the tonic syllable (pre-head, head) • optional elements which follow the tonic syllable (tail)

  4. In short: (pre-head) + (head) + tonic syllable + (tail)

  5. We will begin by looking at the tonic syllable, it may follow one of these intonation patterns • Fall • Rise • Fall-Rise • Rise-Fall • Level

  6. Each of these may express particular attitudes • Fall: neutral statement • Rise: neutral question, doubt • Fall-Rise: surprise, scepticism • Rise-Fall: emphatic statement • Level: boredom, disinterest

  7. Fall: neutral statement, conclusion • E.g. Have you seen Ann? • Yes. (Falling intonation indicates ‘I have answered your question and do not intend to add anything else’)

  8. Rise: questioning, doubt, desire to continue conversation • E.g. Have you seen Ann lately? • Yes… (Rising intonation indicates ‘I want to continue the conversation, I am curious’)

  9. Rise-Fall: emphatic statement, irritation, command, enthusiasm • Do I really have to clean my room? • Yes!

  10. Fall-Rise: surprise, scepticism • Ann and Peter were on good terms at the party • Oh yes?

  11. Level: boredom, lack of interest • Can you remember Peter Jackson, the cost consultant for our company in Taiwan? The other day in the office I invited him for dinner, he’ll be coming tomorrow. • Yes.

  12. We shall begin by considering the fall: here is a tone unit solely composed of a tonic syllable

  13. Things become more complicated when we add syllables

  14. In this case there are no stressed syllables before the tonic: ‘I said’ is the pre-head

  15. Here we have added a stressed syllable, ‘told’, before the tonic, which is called the head. Notice how the intonation rises from the pre-head.

  16. Here we have added syllables after the tonic, this is called the tail. Note how it tends to follow the intonation pattern of the tonic.

  17. This is obviously not the only possible realisation of this sentence. If we put the main stress on ‘told’, it changes the pattern completely.

  18. In a similar way a rising tonic syllable will condition its tail: here ‘when’ is the tonic syllable

  19. Again when we come to complex tone we find the tail following the tonic syllable: for a fall-rise the fall occurs on the tonic and the rise at the end of the tail

  20. No matter how many syllables there are in the tail, the rise finishes on the last

  21. While diagrams are immediate and clear, a more practical system of symbols has been developed to denote innotation

  22. Stress marking in a sentence HEAD TAIL I want to go to the dentists tomorrow morning.

  23. Stressed syllables in the head ……HEAD ……..are noted with a vertical tick ˈ • I want to go to the dentists ˈ

  24. Stressed syllables in the tail …….. TAIL are noted with a dot ˈ I want to go to the dentists to morrow morning ˈ . .

  25. How to analyse a tone unit • Identify the tonic (syllable), i.e. the syllable where there is strong movement and stress) • Are there any other stressed syllables before the tonic? - no: the area before the tonic is called the “pre-head” - yes: the area between the stressed syllable and tonic is called the “head”and the area before the stressed syllable is the “pre-head” • Are there any words after the tonic? If yes, this is the“tail”

  26. a. TONIC SYLLABLE these TONIC SYLLABLE PRE-HEAD give me these TONIC SYLLABLE HEAD ˈ Bill called to give me these movement on “these”

  27. Tonics in yellow, stress in white b. Tuesday d. hour e. less hour f. that end g. help h. red brown yellow i. hurt j. may k. lend l. all m. wow

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