Special education of the republic of uzbekistan

Sequence of Tones. Complex Sentences

If an adverbial clause precedes the principal one and makes a separate intonation-group it is usually pronounced with the Low Rise or Mid-level as it implies continuation.

e.g. If you ^→ want to have a >rest | ^→ go to the ˎcountry.

If you ^→ want to have a ˏrest | ^→ go to the ˎcountry.

If the complex sentence begins with the principal clause and contains more than one intonation-group both the clauses are usually pronounced with the Low-Falling nuclear tone.

e.g. ^→ Go to the ˎcountry | if you ^→ want to have a ˎrest.

If the principal clause implies continuation and makes a separate intonation group it is pronounced with the Low-Rising or Fall-Rising nuclear tone.

e.g. I’ll ^→ tell him at ˏonce | you ^→ want to ˎsee him.