Accidental Rise
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Model: Tom 'Brown is the best 'pupil in ˎclass.
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If the speaker wants to make one word of the descending head more prominent than the others he pronounces it a little higher than the preceding syllables thus breaking their descending succession. This non-final rise is called accidental. It never occurs on the first stressed syllable as this syllable is always the highest in the descending head.
Exercises
1. Write down the following sentences. Concentrate your attention on Accidental Rise. Mark the stresses and make up tonograms.
1. In spring Nature awakens from her long winter sleep. 2. The trees are filled with new life. 3. The earth is warmed by the rays of the sun. 4. The weather gets gradually milder. 5. The fields and the meadows are covered with fresh green grass. 6. The woods and forests are filled with the songs of the birds. 7. When winter comes we’re obliged to spend more time indoors.
2. Copy out the following sentences using Accidental Rise on the words in bold type. Make up tonograms.
1. I suppose it couldn’t possibly happen again. 2. We went for a day’s walk in the forest in spite of the rain. 3. I’m reading a most interesting book by a new writer just now. 4. You have not given me a satisfactory explanation of your strange behaviour. 5. I have an English lesson every day. 6. I haven’t seen her for a long time. 7. The doctor says she must stay in bed for two or three days. 8. Tom Brown is the best pupil in his class.
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