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Intonation

This document discusses intonation in language. It defines intonation as the tone of a sentence and discusses tone languages and intonation languages. Tone languages change meaning with shifts in syllable tone, while intonation languages change meaning based on overall sentence tone. The document also outlines the main parts of a tone unit, including the pre-head, head, tonic syllable, and tail. Additionally, it examines different intonation shapes like falling, raising, falling-raising, and raising-falling tones. Each shape is associated with specific functions in statements, questions, commands, and exclamations.

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Intonation

This document discusses intonation in language. It defines intonation as the tone of a sentence and discusses tone languages and intonation languages. Tone languages change meaning with shifts in syllable tone, while intonation languages change meaning based on overall sentence tone. The document also outlines the main parts of a tone unit, including the pre-head, head, tonic syllable, and tail. Additionally, it examines different intonation shapes like falling, raising, falling-raising, and raising-falling tones. Each shape is associated with specific functions in statements, questions, commands, and exclamations.

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INTONATION

.INTONATION: IT IS THE TONE OF A SENTENCES*


THE SENTENCES or UTTERANCE: IT I THE LARGEST LINGUISTIC AND
.THE TONE UNIT
TONE LANGUAGES: ARE LANGUGES THAT SHOW A CHANGE IN *
.MEANING OF WORDS IF A TONE OF SYLLABLE CHANGE
INTONATION LANGUAGES: SHOW A CHANGE IN MEANING IF *
.THE TONE OF WHOLE SENTENCES DIFFERS
TONE UNIT: THE LINGUISTIC UNIT THAT CARRIES THE *
. INTONATION OF SENTENCES
TONIC SYLLABLE: IS THE SYLLABLE THAT IS THE STRONGEST *
.AND THE ONE THAT CARRY INTONATION
:MAIN PART OF TONE UNIT*
.PRE-HEAD -1
.HEAD -2
.TONIC SYLLABLE -3
.TAIL -4

:SHAPES AND FUNCTIONS OF INTONATION*


.FALLING ( GLIDE DOWN)-1
.RAISING ( GLIDE UP)-2
.FALLING-RAISING (DIVE)-3
.RAISING-FALLING (TAKE-OFF)-4
.LEVEL -5

.FALLING (GLIDE DOWN)-1


A: FOR THE STATEMENT THAT IS
. COMPLETE
.B: FOR SHORT QUESTION
C: FOR THE QUESTION, IF YOU
WANT THE QUESTION TO BE MORE
BUSINESS LIKE AND INTERESTED IN
.THE SUBJECT
D: FOR TAG QUESTION THAT HAVE
THE WORD NOT IN THE STATEMENT
OR THE QUESTION AND ASK THE
.HEARS TO GREE
.E: FOR THE SHORT COMMAND
.F: FOR STRONG EXCLAMATION

:RAISING (GLIDE UP)-2


.A: YES/NO, QUESTION
B: A STATEMENT INTEND, TO BE
. ENCOURAGING
C: IF THE STATEMENT INTENDS AS A
.QUESTION
D: TO SHOW MORE INTEREST IN THE
. OTHER PERSON
.E: FOR REPETTION OF QUESTION
F: FOR GREETING AND SAY GOOD
. BYE
G: FOR EXCLAMNATION THAT IS NOT
.EXCITING

:FALLING-RAISING (DIVE) -3
A: STATEMENT THAT ARE NOT
COMPLETE AND LEAD TO
.FOLLOWING WORDS
B: IF THE STATEMENT SHOWS A
.RESERVATION
C: IF THE STATEMENT IS
CORRECTIONFOR WHEN SOMEONE
.HAS SAID
.D: IF THE STATEMENT IS WARNING
E: IF THE STATEMENT HAVE TWO
PARTS AND THE SECOND ONE IS
MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE
.OTHER ONE
F: IF YOU WANT THE COMMAND
.SOUND PLEADING
.G: FOR COMMAND OF ONE WORD

:RAISING-FALLING (TAKE OFF)-3


A: FOR THE REPETITION QUESTION
WHEN YOU ARE REPETING SOME
ONE ELSE QUESTION OR YOU WORD
HIM TO REPEAT SOME
. INFORMATION
B: FOR TAG QUESTION AFTER
. COMMAND

C: IF THERE IS NO [NOT] IN THE


STATEMENT NOR IN THE QUESTION
D: WHEN YOU DON'T WANT THE
.OTHER PERSON IS AGREE WITH YOU
E: IF THE EXCLAMATION IS
.QUESTION

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