Intonation/Tones by Jose Quiroga https://padlet.com/joquiroga64/hdon205rrsdg41sf en-us 2021-06-03 15:24:18 UTC 2025-11-08 15:39:55 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f913.png INTONATION: joquiroga64 https://padlet.com/joquiroga64/hdon205rrsdg41sf/wish/1582816631 the pattern or melody of pitch changes in connected speech, especially the pitch pattern of a sentence, which distinguishes kinds of sentences or speakers of different language cultures.]]> 2021-06-03 15:24:49 UTC https://padlet.com/joquiroga64/hdon205rrsdg41sf/wish/1582816631 The functions of intonation: joquiroga64 https://padlet.com/joquiroga64/hdon205rrsdg41sf/wish/1582827167
  • *The attitudinal function: It refers to the way we express our emotions and attitudes.
  • *The grammatical function: intonation helps identify grammatical structures in speech.
  • The focusing function: Intonation helps to show what information is new and what is already known.
  • The discourse/cohesive function: intonation presents us how sequences of clauses go together in spoken discourse.
  • The physicological function: intonation helps us to organize speech into units.
  • The indexical function: intonation acts as marker of personal or social identity.

    • ]]>     2021-06-03 15:28:17 UTC https://padlet.com/joquiroga64/hdon205rrsdg41sf/wish/1582827167     TONE: going up/going down joquiroga64 https://padlet.com/joquiroga64/hdon205rrsdg41sf/wish/1583813640
  • Falling and non-falling tones:
  • The various different falling tone (high fall, law-fall, rise-fall)have some degree of meaning in common.
  • There is also something in common in all the various kinds of non-falling tone (high-rise, low rise, mid level, fall rise)
    • ]]>     2021-06-03 22:26:29 UTC https://padlet.com/joquiroga64/hdon205rrsdg41sf/wish/1583813640     Generalization: joquiroga64 https://padlet.com/joquiroga64/hdon205rrsdg41sf/wish/1583828168 In English, at any rate, statements may have a fall, but they may have also non-falling tone( a fall-rise or rise).
    Questions may have a rise, but may also have a fall.
    Default tone= unmarked or neutral tone]]>     2021-06-03 22:39:01 UTC https://padlet.com/joquiroga64/hdon205rrsdg41sf/wish/1583828168     FALLS: joquiroga64 https://padlet.com/joquiroga64/hdon205rrsdg41sf/wish/1583841870 In a falling tone the pitch of the voice starts relatively high and then moves downwards. The starting point may be anywhere from mid to high and the endpoint is low.

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