Special education of the republic of uzbekistan

Unit 18. Intonation Peculiarities of Spontaneous Speech

Spontaneous speech may be monologue and dialogue. Some types of dialogue speech as for instance, an interview, may consist of a dialogue part and rather long monologue pieces.

Spontaneous speech is characterized by a great number of elliptical sentences, incomplete sentences, repetitions, overlapping etc. Intonation plays an important role in determining communicative types of sentences and semantic centers, in conveying attitudinal meanings.
Dialogue spontaneous speech is characterized by:

1. 
   short sense-groups;
   
2. 
   a great variety of tones (simple and complex);
   
3. 
   Sliding and Scandent Scales;
   
4. 
   the mid range;
   
5. 
   the centralized stress;
   
6. 
   the rhythm which is based on a regular repetition of terminal tones;
   
7. 
   the changeable tempo;
   
8. 
   a great variety of pauses (logical and hesitation);
   

Phatic Communion

Phatic Communion is a type of speech in which ties of union are created by a mere exchange of words.

The temporal structure of interaction can be divided into three phases: the opening phase, the medial phase and the closing phase. The opening phase is a transition from silence to interaction. The closing phase is a transition from interaction to departure.

A limited set of stereotype phrases of greeting, parting, commonplace remarks about the weather, and “small-talk” characterizes the marginal phases of interaction.
Questions for Discussion

1. 
   What are the main intonational peculiarities of Descriptive and Scientific Prose?
   
2. 
   What are the main intonational peculiarities of Newspaper Style?
   
3. 
   What are the main intonational peculiarities of Drama?
   
4. 
   What are the main intonational peculiarities of Poetry?
   
5. 
   What are the main intonational peculiarities of Reading Tales?
   
6. 
   What are the main intonational peculiarities of Public Speeches?
   
7. 
   What are the main intonational peculiarities of Spontaneous Speech?