INTONATION OF PARENTHESES

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 1037.

INTONATION OF ADVERBIALS

INTONATION OF ENUMERATION

In sentences with enumeration every enumerated word is pronounced with the rising tone, except for the last one which is pronounced with the falling tone.

e.g. There are ¢many & theatres, ç &cinemas, ç& museums ç and ( libraries here.çç

Adverbial phrases at the beginning of the sentence form a separate sense-group and are pronounced with the rising tone (as the non-final sense-group).

e.g. In ¢front of the & house ç there is a ¢green ( lawn.çç

Adverbial phrases at the end of sentences do not form a separate sense-group, as a rule, and often remain unstressed.

e.g. We are ¢going ( out tonight.çç

Intonation of parenthetical words and phrases depends on their position in the sentence and the degree of semantic independence and importance attached to them. These words and phrases are often used in order to gain time while the speaker is framing out his remark or they show the speaker's attitude (supposition, certainty, satisfaction, etc.). As a rule, at the beginning of the sentence parenthetical words and phrases form a separate sense-group and are generally pronounced with the rising tone.

e.g. To ¢tell you the & truth ç I ¢don't ¢want to go( there.çç & Well ç I ( do.çç

They are pronounced with the falling tone or falling-rising tones if we want to attach more importance to them.

e.g. By the ( way,ç I ¢hear you are ¢going a(broad this summer.çç

When the speaker doesn't attach any importance to the parenthetical words and phrases at all, they do not form a separate sense-group and are often unstressed.

e.g. ¢Well, I ( do.ççWell, ¢let's ¢ask the ( others.çç

In the middle or at the end of the sentence parenthetical words and phrases do not often form a separate sense-group and continue the melody of the preceding sense-group (being a sense-group or half-stressed).

e.g. You & know, of course, ç he's my ( brother. çç

I'm ¢not ¢good at ( languages, you know.çç