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INTONATION Intonation is a specific organization of speech-sounds grouped in syllables and words and intended to produce meaningful utterances.
ENGLISH INTONATION The definition of intonation  The anatomy of English intonation The functions of INTONATION Intonation is a specific organization of speech-sounds grouped in syllables and words and intended DEFINITION to superimpose [⎮su:prIm⎮pqVz] inherit [In⎮herIt] prosody[⎮prPsqdi]: pitch, loudness, tempo timbre [⎮txmbrq] non-entity utterance INTONATION 
 on the perception level Intonation is a complex unity of changes in voice PROSODY – synonym of INTONATION “prosody” and “intonation” include the same components but intonation is TIMBRE Pr. Vassiliev includes it as the fourth component of intonation.   By voice Sentence (Utterance)  Sentence real = 
 Sentence potential + Intonation  Intonation group (an A potential and an actualized syntagm  “I think Pitch-and-stress structure of the intonation pattern (or pitch-sentence stress pattern)  Nucleus (focal point) Tail Pitch-and-stress structure of the intonation pattern (or pitch-sentence stress pattern) Types of terminal tones Simple tunes  Low Fall 		 Low Rise High Fall Types of pre-heads Zero pre-head  Low pre-head     High pre-head Types of heads Descending Stepping  Falling  Scandent  Sliding 				Ascending 				Rising   				Climbing Level Heads Low  High  Medium    All right! Descending heads Falling  Stepping  Sliding  Scandent Ascending heads Rising    Climbing       Did you Combinations
  High Head + Low Fall  High Fall  Low Rise FUNCTIONS OF INTONATION to structure the information content of a textual unit; to differentiate the The functional value of the pitch Syntactically distinctive function: She washed and dressed her \baby. Statements: * I like music. Questions: * Can you prove it? Imperative sentences or commands: Semantically distinctive function:  I don’t give my books to anybody.  \anybody (= to Attitudinally distinctive function: →Will you be \ quiet. (order) →Will you be ⁄ quiet. Sentence-stress Sentence-stress is a special prominence given to one or more words according to their 3 types of sentence stress normal (syntactic) stress logical stress emphatic stress  Rhythmic stress Normal (syntactic) sentence-stress:  →Very \good.  →Not very \good.   If \Mary ⁄comes Logical sentence-stress Compare: a) I knew what he was going to \say.  b) I Emphatic sentence-stress    implies  the increase of the effort of expression. Various distinctive functions  logically distinctive function  syntactically distinctive function:  Have you met Various distinctive functions semantically distinctive function: You for get your self.  You for get A: What do you think of the film? B: It’s quite interesting. TEMPO The term “tempo” implies  the rate of the utterance and pausation.  The PAUSE By “pause” we mean  a complete stop of phonation.  PAUSES  		Short A syntactic pause        delimitates the text syntactically. HESITATION Pauses: silent and filled. No stop of phonation but we feel a pause:  On Saturday I’ll go to RHYTHM A.M. Antipova defines rhythm  as a complex language system which is formed by LANGUAGES
  	 syllable-timed 		 stress-timed      (French, Spanish) 	(English,German, Proclitics - the adjoining unstressed words  when they precede the stressed words. Piccadilly –  Piccadilly Circus –  close to Piccadilly;  princess –  a
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Слайд 1 ENGLISH INTONATION
The definition of intonation
The anatomy of

ENGLISH INTONATIONThe definition of intonation The anatomy of English intonationThe functions of intonationThe functional value

English intonation
The functions of intonation
The functional value of the

pitch.
Sentence stress.
The tempo of speech.
Pauses.
Rhythm.


Слайд 2 INTONATION
Intonation is a specific organization of speech-sounds grouped

INTONATIONIntonation is a specific organization of speech-sounds grouped in syllables and words and intended to

in syllables and words and intended to produce meaningful

utterances.


Слайд 3 DEFINITION
to superimpose [⎮su:prIm⎮pqVz]
inherit [In⎮herIt]
prosody[⎮prPsqdi]: pitch, loudness, tempo
timbre [⎮txmbrq]
non-entity
utterance

DEFINITIONto superimpose [⎮su:prIm⎮pqVz]inherit [In⎮herIt]prosody[⎮prPsqdi]: pitch, loudness, tempotimbre [⎮txmbrq]non-entityutterance

Слайд 4 INTONATION on the perception level
Intonation is a complex

INTONATION 
 on the perception levelIntonation is a complex unity of changes in voice pitch

unity of changes in voice pitch or tone, intensity

or accent, and tempo, i.e. the rate of utterance and

pausation.

Слайд 5 PROSODY – synonym of INTONATION
“prosody” and “intonation” include

PROSODY – synonym of INTONATION“prosody” and “intonation” include the same components but intonation is a

the same components but intonation is a broader notion,

that’s why the term “prosody” seems to be more adequate.


Слайд 6 TIMBRE
Pr. Vassiliev includes it as the fourth component

TIMBREPr. Vassiliev includes it as the fourth component of intonation. By voice timbre we mean

of intonation.

By voice timbre we mean the colouring

of voice.


Слайд 7 Sentence (Utterance)

Sentence real = Sentence potential + Intonation

Intonation

Sentence (Utterance)Sentence real = 
 Sentence potential + IntonationIntonation group (an actualized syntagm) – a

group (an actualized syntagm) – a group of words

which is semantically and syntactically complete.

Intonation patterns is the

basic unit of intonation which is formed by pitch, loudness and tempo.

Слайд 8 A potential and an actualized syntagm

“I think

A potential and an actualized syntagm“I think      he is coming

he is coming soon”
a potential syntagm a potential syntagm


“I think he

is coming soon”
an actualized syntagm


Слайд 9 Pitch-and-stress structure of the intonation pattern (or pitch-sentence

Pitch-and-stress structure of the intonation pattern (or pitch-sentence stress pattern)Nucleus (focal point)TailHeadPre-head The Terminal ToneThe

stress pattern)

Nucleus (focal point)
Tail


Head
Pre-head

The Terminal Tone

The Pre-nuclear Part


Слайд 10 Pitch-and-stress structure of the intonation pattern (or pitch-sentence

Pitch-and-stress structure of the intonation pattern (or pitch-sentence stress pattern)1234He is a very remarkable novelist.

stress pattern)














1
2
3
4
He is a very remarkable novelist.


Слайд 11 Types of terminal tones
Simple tunes
Low Fall

Types of terminal tonesSimple tunes Low Fall 		 Low RiseHigh Fall 		 High RiseMid Fall

Low Rise
High Fall High Rise
Mid Fall Mid Rise
Mid

Level
Complex tunes
Fall-Rise
Rise-Fall
Rise-Fall-Rise
Compound

tunes
Rise + Fall
Fall + Rise

Слайд 12 Types of pre-heads
Zero pre-head

Low pre-head

High

Types of pre-headsZero pre-headLow pre-head  High pre-headHello!Good morning!

pre-head




Hello!


Good morning!


Слайд 13 Types of heads
Descending
Stepping
Falling
Scandent
Sliding
Ascending
Rising  
Climbing
Level
High

Types of headsDescendingStepping Falling Scandent Sliding				Ascending				Rising  				Climbing 							Level							High 							Medium 							Low  


Medium
Low




 


Слайд 14 Level Heads
Low

High

Medium



All right!



Who ever saw …





What’s your favourite

Level HeadsLowHighMediumAll right!Who ever saw …What’s your favourite colour?

colour?


Слайд 15 Descending heads
Falling

Stepping

Sliding

Scandent






What did you think of Mary’s flat?












Alice

Descending headsFallingSteppingSlidingScandentWhat did you think of Mary’s flat?Alice was beginning to get very tired.I’ll get

was beginning to get very tired.







I’ll get it rewired

at once.







… and her brother and sister were asleep.


Слайд 16 Ascending heads
Rising



Climbing






Did you tell Vincent about it?



Thank you

Ascending headsRisingClimbingDid you tell Vincent about it?Thank you very much!“That is too bad,” said the

very much!









“That is too bad,” said the professor.


Слайд 17 Combinations
High Head +
Low Fall

High Fall

Low Rise

High Rise

Fall-Rise











Not at

Combinations
 High Head +Low FallHigh FallLow RiseHigh RiseFall-RiseNot at all!calm, reservedsurprised, concernedencouraging, very friendlyquestioningprotesting, correcting

all!
calm, reserved
surprised, concerned
encouraging, very friendly
questioning
protesting, correcting


Слайд 18 FUNCTIONS OF INTONATION
to structure the information content of

FUNCTIONS OF INTONATIONto structure the information content of a textual unit;to differentiate the actual meaning

a textual unit;
to differentiate the actual meaning of textual

units;
to structure a text, to define the number of terminal

tones;
to determine the speech function of a phrase;
to convey connotational meaning of “attitude”;
stylistic function of intonation.

Слайд 19 The functional value of the pitch
Syntactically distinctive function:
She

The functional value of the pitchSyntactically distinctive function:She washed and dressed her \baby. (1)She washed

washed and dressed her \baby. (1)
She washed and

dressed her \baby. (2)

--- The meaning is different.



Слайд 20 Statements: * I like music.
Questions: * Can you

Statements: * I like music.Questions: * Can you prove it?Imperative sentences or commands: * Try

prove it?
Imperative sentences or commands: * Try it again.
Exclamations:

* Right you are!

a) Isn’t it wonderful! (a general question)
b)

Isn’t it wonderful! (an exclamation)

The communicative types of sentences:


Слайд 21 Semantically distinctive function:

I don’t give my books to

Semantically distinctive function:I don’t give my books to anybody.\anybody (= to nobody)\any⁄ body (= to

anybody.

\anybody (= to nobody)
\any⁄ body (= to those whom

I don’t know)


Слайд 22 Attitudinally distinctive function:
→Will you be \ quiet. (order)
→Will

Attitudinally distinctive function:→Will you be \ quiet. (order)→Will you be ⁄ quiet. (request)The pitch differentiates

you be ⁄ quiet. (request)
The pitch differentiates the

connotational meaning.
----------------
Why? (no interest, detached)
Why? (interest, sympathy)
Why?

(much concern)
Why? (concerned, hurt)
The pitch differentiates the attitudinal meaning.


Слайд 23 Sentence-stress
Sentence-stress is a special prominence given to one

Sentence-stressSentence-stress is a special prominence given to one or more words according to their relative

or more words according to their relative importance in

a sentence.


I can’t | tell you | anything about it.

I’d like them | to come | to my party.
(3 rhythmic groups)

Слайд 24 3 types of sentence stress
normal (syntactic) stress
logical stress
emphatic

3 types of sentence stressnormal (syntactic) stresslogical stressemphatic stressRhythmic stress is a subtitle of normal

stress

Rhythmic stress is a subtitle of normal stress.
Rhythm is

alternations of stressed and unstressed syllables.



Слайд 25 Normal (syntactic) sentence-stress:

→Very \good.
→Not very \good.

If

Normal (syntactic) sentence-stress:→Very \good. →Not very \good. If \Mary ⁄comes |→ let me \know. →If

\Mary ⁄comes |→ let me \know.
→If she ⁄comes

|→ let me \know.


Слайд 26 Logical sentence-stress
Compare:
a) I knew what he was going

Logical sentence-stressCompare:a) I knew what he was going to \say. b) I \knew what he

to \say.
b) I \knew what he was ֽgoing

to ֽsay.

I want an English book.
I want an English

book.

You know what I’d like, I’d like a new car.


Слайд 27
Emphatic sentence-stress implies
the increase

Emphatic sentence-stress  implies the increase of the effort of expression.I want an English book.

of the effort of expression.

I want an English book.

(unemphatic, NS)
I want an English book. (emphatic, NS)
I want an

English book. (unemphatic, LS)
I want an English book. (emphatic, LS)


Слайд 28 Various distinctive functions

logically distinctive function

syntactically distinctive function:
Have

Various distinctive functionslogically distinctive functionsyntactically distinctive function: Have you met my ⁄ brother | ⁄

you met my ⁄ brother | ⁄ Tom? (apposition)

Have you met my ⁄ brother Tom? (direct address)


Слайд 29 Various distinctive functions
semantically distinctive function:
You for get your

Various distinctive functionssemantically distinctive function:You for get your self. You for get yourself.  What

self.
You for get yourself.
What

are you working for? (purpose)
What are

you working for? (reason)
attitudinally distinctive function:
→What shall I \do?
→What \shall I do?

She said the bus was late. (You believe this)
She said the bus was late. (You don’t believe her)


Слайд 30 A: What do you think of the film?
B:

A: What do you think of the film?B: It’s quite interesting.    (=

It’s quite interesting.

(= yes, it’s definitely interesting)

A: What do you think of

the film?
B: It’s quite interesting.
(= but not very interesting)


Слайд 31 TEMPO
The term “tempo” implies
the rate of the

TEMPOThe term “tempo” implies the rate of the utterance and pausation. The rate of speech

utterance and pausation.
The rate of speech can be

fast (or rapid),

normal (or mid),
slow.
“My mother thinks him to be a common labouring boy”, said Betty with a smile.

“I’m not ready,” he said slowly.

Слайд 32 PAUSE
By “pause” we mean
a complete stop of

PAUSEBy “pause” we mean a complete stop of phonation.PAUSES		Short 			 Syntactic		Normal 			 Emphatic		Long 			Hesitation

phonation.

PAUSES

Short Syntactic
Normal Emphatic
Long Hesitation


Слайд 33 A syntactic pause

A syntactic pause    delimitates the text syntactically.An emphatic pause

delimitates the text syntactically.

An emphatic pause

emphasizes the following part of the

utterance.
She is the most _ charming girl in the group.

A hesitation pause (in spontaneous speech) serves to gain time to think over what to say next.

Слайд 34 HESITATION
Pauses: silent and filled.

HESITATIONPauses: silent and filled.         withspeech sounds: um,

with
speech sounds: um, er.
prolonged vowels: theee,

tooo, ayyy.

special phrases: you see,
frankly speaking,
let me think for a moment,
just, now, I think, …



Слайд 35 No stop of phonation but we feel a

No stop of phonation but we feel a pause:On Saturday I’ll go to Moscow.Anyway, I

pause:

On Saturday I’ll go to Moscow.

Anyway, I must be

off …




Слайд 36 RHYTHM
A.M. Antipova defines rhythm
as a complex language

RHYTHMA.M. Antipova defines rhythm as a complex language system which is formed by the interrelation

system which is formed by the interrelation of lexical,

syntactic and prosodic means.

Prosody creates similarity and isochrony of

speech elements.

Слайд 37 LANGUAGES

syllable-timed stress-timed
(French,

LANGUAGES
 	syllable-timed 		 stress-timed   (French, Spanish) 	(English,German, Russian)‘ One, ‘ Two, ‘

Spanish) (English,German, Russian)

‘ One, ‘ Two, ‘ Three, \Four.

One and ‘ Two and ‘ Three and \Four.


Слайд 38 Proclitics - the adjoining unstressed words
when they

Proclitics - the adjoining unstressed words when they precede the stressed words.

precede the stressed words.

(on the wall)
Enclitics

- the adjoining unstressed words
when they follow the stressed words.
(come with me)












Слайд 39 Piccadilly –
Piccadilly Circus –
close to Piccadilly;

princess

Piccadilly – Piccadilly Circus – close to Piccadilly;princess – a princess royal


a princess royal


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