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ˎ
Thank you
.
2.
The High Fall
The voice starts from the high pitch level or a little below it and falls to the bottom of
the voice range. The High Fall is as categoric as the Low Fall and also expresses finality.
It indicates liveliness, polite and friendly interest and sometimes mild surprise.
ˎ
Certainly.
.
.
ˎ
Thank you
.
‖
3.
The Low Rise
The voice starts low and rises to a medium pitch or a little below it. It expresses non-
finality, it is non-categoric and implicatory in character.
ˏ
Never ?
.
ˏ
No ?
4.
The High Rise
a)
The High Narrow Rise
The voice starts at a medium pitch or a little above it and rises to a high one. It is an
interrogating and echoing tone. It is used in all sorts of echoes and in questions calling for
a repetition.
´No ?
´Always ? ˙
b)
The High Wide Rise
The voice starts at a low pitch and rises to a high pitch.
It expresses surprise or a
shocked reaction.
∕
No
.
∕
Never
—
5.
The Rise – Fall
The voice first rises from a fairly low to a high pitch level and then quickly falls to a
very low pitch level. It is final and categoric in character. It expresses irony, sarcasm or
admiration.
ˆPerfectly ˙ .
ˆNo
6.
The Fall – Rise
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The voice first falls from a high or medium pitch level
to the low pitch level
and then slowly rises to a little below the mid pitch level. It is a contrastive, implicatory
tone. It expresses politeness, apology, concern and uncertainty.
ˇNo
ˇPerfectly
.
7.
The Level Tones
The Level Tones may be pitched in different levels. There are
High, Mid and Low
Level
Tones. The Level Tones are non-final and non-categoric in character. They may
express hesitation, indifference and uncertainty.
Sometimes
΄
The High Level Tone
Sometimes
·
The Mid Level Tone
Sometimes
.
The Low Level Tone
Scales
The scales most commonly used in English may be classified as follows:
According to their general pitch direction scales may be:
a)
descending
b)
ascending
c)
level
According to the direction of pitch movement within
and between syllables the
descending and ascending scales may be :
a)
stepping
b)
sliding
c)
scandent
According to the pitch level of the whole scale, scales may be:
a)
low
b)
mid
c)
high
I.
The Descending Stepping Scale
is formed by a series
of stressed and unstressed
syllables which gradually descend. It is used with all the English tones.
'
How do you pro
'
nounce this
ˎ
word?
˙˙˙
II.
The Upbroken Descending Scale
In order to avoid the monotony of the Gradually Descending Stepping Scale one of the
stressed syllables of the scale can be pitched higher than
the preceding stressed or
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unstressed syllable. This syllable is said to be pronounced with a special Rise, which can
be found:
1)
on any word that needs extra prominence
I
'
want you to
'
give me a
↑
nother
ˎ
book.
∙
˙
↑
2)
on the first word of clauses
I
'
don’t
'
know
↑
what to
ˎ
say.
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