the pre-head the nucleus (tone)
The rises and falls that take place in the nucleus or start with it are called nuclear tones.
The nucleus is the most important part of the intonation pattern as it defines the communicative type of the sentence, determines the semantic value of the intonation group, indicates the communicative center of the intonation group or of the whole sentence.
The communicative center is associated with the most important word or words of the intonation group or of the sentence.
The nuclear tone of the final intonation group is determined by the communicative type of the whole sentence.
The communicative types of sentences are differentiated in speech according to the aim of the utterance from the point of view of communication, i.e. in order to show if the sentence expresses a statement of fact, a question, a command or an exclamation.
There are four communicative types of sentences:
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