Intonation

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 465.

1. The notion of intonation:

ü the multitude of definitions

ü the notion of the communicative value of intonation

ü intonation as a language universal fundamental to communication

2. Prosodic components of intonation:

ü acoustic sensations and auditory properties of intonation

ü the pitch

ü loudness

ü tempo: the rate of speech and pausation

ü timbre / tambre

3. The intonation pattern and its elements:

ü the definition of the intonation pattern

ü the constituents of the intonation pattern: dwell on each component successively

a. the pre-head

b. the head Give examples

c. the nucleus

d. the tail

ü the boundaries between intonation patterns and problems of establishing them

ü the overlap between syntagmas and intonation patterns

Give examples

4. Pitch Parameters:

ü the pitch and pitch movement

ü pitch level

ü pitch range

5. Communicative value of English tones and the intonation pattern.

ü classification of Enlgish kinetic and level tones

ü the problems of classification and disagreement between Russian and foreign scholars

ü the communicative value of each tone sucessively

ü classification of pre-heads and heads

ü the meaning of the intonation pattern

Give examples

6. Conclusions