Special education of the republic of uzbekistan

Intonation of the Author’s Words

Model : “I’m ^→not ready,” he said. “Are you ˏsure?” he asked, |  looking around him as he ˏspoke. He >said: | “ ^→Look at the ˎpicture” He ˏsaid: | “The ^→film was  excellent” He ˎsaid: | “That’s ˎall ”

The Author’s Words Following Direct Speech

The author’s words which follow the direct speech are usually pronounced as an unstressed or half-stressed tail of the preceding intonation group.

e.g. “I’m ^→not ˎready,” he said.

“Is ^→this for ˏme?” he asked with surprise.

If the tail gets longer it may form a separate intonation group. In this case it is stressed and is pronounced with the same nuclear tone as the preceding intonation group but on a lower pitch level.

e.g. “I’m ˎ sorry,” | again repeated the ˎlandlord.

If the author’s words form two or more intonation groups, the first of them doesn’t form a separate intonation-group. The second and the third are always stressed and pronounced each on a lower pitch level. The nuclear tone of the final intonation group is usually that of the sentences in the Direct speech. The non-final intonation-groups may be pronounced either with the Low-Rising tone or with the Low-Falling tone according to their semantic importance.

e.g. “What a ˎpity!” was all I said | when he  broke aˎglass.

“Do you 'think 'that’s ˏfair?” she asked, | ˏlooking at me with surˏprise.