Pitch vs Stress in words Stressed words are

Pitch vs. Stress in words

Stressed words are: • the important words of the sentence, the words that comprise the contents of the dialog and help the listener and speaker focus on the same information • said with a slight pitch change, a little louder, or for more time than surrounding words • used to create the underlying rhythm of English.

Pitch words are: • the most valuable and relevant words, the words that allow the interpretation of the dialog. • said with a greater change in pitch, loudness, or length of time than stressed words.

Loudness and Pitch

Pitch waves

Wavelenghth = Pitch Wave. Amplitude = Loudness

Intonation • It gives us clues about the attitude of the speaker, how he feels about what he is saying. • We can get a good idea, for example, as to whether someone is interested, bored, being honest or lying and so on.

Two basic patterns of intonation created by David Brazil Refering tones (r) • Fall-rise tone: The speaker is referring to information that he presumes to be shared between the speakers. • In questions we use referring tone to make sure what we are saying is correct, or to check information. Proclaiming tones (p) • Falling tone: used to indicate that the speaker is expressing information that is presumed to be new, or is adding something to the discussion. • We also use it to give facts, express opinionswe believe to be true, or to ask fornew information.

Proclaiming tone

Referring tone