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    Intonation refers to the rising and falling pitch of the voice when speaking. There are three main types of intonation in English: falling, rising, and fall-rising. Falling intonation occurs with statements and wh-questions, rising with yes-no questions, and fall-rising with uncertain statements or polite questions. Word stress emphasizes specific syllables in multisyllabic words.

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    Intonation refers to the rising and falling pitch of the voice when speaking. There are three main types of intonation in English: falling, rising, and fall-rising. Falling intonation occurs with statements and wh-questions, rising with yes-no questions, and fall-rising with uncertain statements or polite questions. Word stress emphasizes specific syllables in multisyllabic words.

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    Intonation refers to the rising and falling pitch of the voice when speaking. There are three main types of intonation in English: falling, rising, and fall-rising. Falling intonation occurs with statements and wh-questions, rising with yes-no questions, and fall-rising with uncertain statements or polite questions. Word stress emphasizes specific syllables in multisyllabic words.

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    INTONATION

    By: Maxene San Miguel


    What is the Intonation of speech?
    ◦ In speech, intonation is the use of changing (rising and falling) vocal pitch to convey
    grammatical information or personal attitude. Intonation is particularly important in
    expressing questions in spoken English.
    ◦ Take the sentence, "When does the meeting start?" The word "start“ including the
    question mark rises up or comes up in your voice when you utter the word, notes the
    website English Pronunciation Roadmap.
    3 types of Intonation
    ◦falling intonation
    ◦rising intonation
    ◦fall-rise intonation
    Falling Intonation
    ◦ Falling intonation describes how the voice falls on the final stressed syllable of a phrase or a
    group of words. A falling intonation is very common in wh-questions.
    Where’s the nearest post-office?
    What time does the film finish?

    ◦ We also use falling intonation when we say something definite, or when we want to be very
    clear about something:
    I think we are completely lost.
    OK, here’s the magazine you wanted.
    Rising Intonation
    ◦Rising intonation describes how the voice rises at the end of a sentence.
    Rising intonation is common in yes-no questions:
    I heard the Health Centre is expanding. So, is that the new doctor?
    Are you thirsty?
    Fall-rise Intonation
    ◦ Fall-rise intonation describes how the voice falls and then rises. We use fall-rise intonation at the end of
    statements when we want to say that we are not sure, or when we may have more to add:
    I don’t support any football team at the moment, (but I may change my mind in the future).
    It rained every day in the first week, (but things improved after that).

    ◦ We use fall-rise intonation with questions, especially when we request information or invite somebody to do
    or to have something. The intonation pattern makes the questions sound more polite:
    Is this your camera?
    Would you like another coffee?
    WORD STRESS
    What is the definition of Word Stress?
    ◦ Word stress is the emphasis we place in a specific syllable of a word when pronouncing it. In
    English words that have more than one syllable, we usually don’t pronounce every syllable
    with the same weight, so each syllable in a word can be stressed or unstressed.
    ◦ Stressed syllables are syllables louder than the others. Air comes out of our lungs with more
    power, but they might also be longer or pronounced with higher or lower in pitch. Syllables
    that are not pronounced with such emphasis are referred to as unstressed syllables, and they are
    usually not pronounced as clearly as the others.
    EXAMPLES
    THANK YOU
    Be Happy

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