03 grammatical
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accentual
Intonation helps to produce the
effect of prominence on syllables
that needs to be perceived as
stressed and the placement of the
tonic syllable indicates the focus of
the information.
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attitudinal
Used to convey speaker's feelings
and attitudes; it adds a special kind
of meaning to spoken language. A
major factor in this is the tone used.
For example: Fall, Rise, Fall-rise
and Rise-fall.
Tone-boundary placement
indicate grammatical and syntatic
can
structure to the listener. Example:
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Thouse who sold quickly | made a
profit.
Thouse who sold | quickly made a
profit.
discourse
The study of discourse attemps to
look at the larger context in which
Functions of sentences occur. Intonation can be
used to focus the listener's attention
on the most important information.
intonation What's new and what's already given.
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source
Chapters 18 and 19 from Peter
Roach's book English phonetics and
phonology - A practical course.
Fereyra Sabrina.