INTONATION 2 Chapter 16 What is an intonation

INTONATION 2 Chapter 16

What is an intonation language? It is a language in which substituting one distinctive tone for another on a particular word or morpheme can cause a change in the (lexical) dictionary meaning of that word

What is a tone unit? An utterance of one or more than one syllable It has a tonic syllable and a tonic stress

What is a tonic syllable? A syllable that carries a tone Is that ∕ you?

What is a tonic stress? A stress carried by the tonic syllable

The structure of the tone-unit Simple One tonic syllable Complex Two tonic syllables

The structure of intonation is composed of: 1. The head 2. The pre-head 3. The tail

1. The head is: All the part of the tone unit that extends from the first stressed syllable up to but not including the tonic syllable The head ‘Give me those tonic syllable

2. Pre-head All the unstressed syllables in atone unit preceding the first stressed syllables 1. When there is no head pre-head tonic syllable In an hour 2. When there is a head Pre-head tonic syllable In a ‘little ‘less than an hour

3. The tail Any syllable between the tonic syllable and the end of the tone- unit tonic syllable tail Look at it tail tonic syllable ∕What did you say

We can summarize the tone-unit structure as: (PH) In a (H) ‘little ‘less than an TS (T) hour I think

where is the head? ‘Bill is here ‘Sara ‘called to ‘give me these If ‘They ‘wouldn’t care

Where is the pre-head? On the ‘black table To the ‘left hand there

Where is the tail? Both of them If it rains outside

True or false: A tonic syllable carries only the tone and not the tonic stress Χ The structure of the tone unit could be simple or complex √ A head extends from the first stressed syllable and includes the tonic syllable Χ

True or false: The pre-head all the unstressed syllables preceding the second stressed syllable Χ A pre-head could precede a head or tonic syllable √ Syllables between the tonic syllable and the end of the tone-unit √