WHAT IS INTONATION?
WHAT IS INTONATION? SPEECH MELODY
4 EXTRA HIGH
3 HIGH
2 MID
1 LOW
red
/ joan is wearing
to -
day /
4 EXTRA HIGH
3 HIGH
2 MID
1 LOW day /
/ joan is wearing
to -
RED
FORM OF INTONATION TONE UNIT (TONALITY) that woman said the husband had been unfaithful /that woman / said the husband / had been unfaithful /that woman said / the husband had been unfaithful /
FORM OF INTONATION PROMINENCE (TONICITY) •New information
/ i am LISTening/
• Contrast
/I am listening/
• Emphasis
/ i AM listening/
FORM OF INTONATION TONE FALLING
/YES/
RISING
/YES/
FALL RISING LEVEL
/YES/ /YES/
ACCENTUAL FUNCTION /john will come to the PARty with me / /john will come to the party with ME / /JOHN will come to the party with me / /john WILL come to the party with me / /john will COME to the party with me / /john will come TO the party with me / /john will come to THE party with me / /john will go to the party WITH me /
GRAMMATICAL FUNCTION •DEMARCATIVE (TONALITY) •/the students who read the chapters easily passed the exam/ •/the students /who read the chapters/ easily passed the exam/ •/the students /who read the chapters easily /passed the exam/
•/the students who read the chapters easily /passed the exam/ •/the students who read the chapters/ easily passed the exam/
•SYNTACTIC (TONE)
/they are COMing/
INTERROGATIVE
/they are COMing/ AFFIRMATIVE
ATTITUDINAL FUNCTION
DISCOURSE FUNCTION •FOCUSING / INFORMATIONAL NEW VS. OLD
• COHESIVE ORGANIZATION OF SPOKEN DISCOURSE
•INDEXICAL:
PERSONAL OR SOCIAL IDENTITY.
• PSYCHOLOGICAL: •
ORGANIZATION OF THOUGHTS
•INTUITIVE APPROACH: Interacting with native
speakers
• EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION: Conciously analysing and
practising the English intonation system •REALISTIC GOALS: Functional intelligibility
Functional communicability Increased self-confidence Speech monitoring abilities