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Mary. 
JOHN: Mary 
Jones
? 
ANNE: No. Mary 
Hall.
JOHN: I don’t know Mary 
Hall
. Where is she 
from
? 
ANNE: She’s from 
Washington.
JOHN: Washington the 
state
or Washington the 
city
? 
ANNE: Washington, D.C., our nation’s 
capital. 
JOHN: Is that where she 
lives
? 
ANNE: Yes, she still lives in the white 
house.
JOHN: The 
White 
House? With the 
President
? 
ANNE: No, silly. The white 
house
on 
First
street
.
JOHN: What did she 
want
? 
ANNE: She wants to 
come
here
. 
JOHN: Come 
here
? 
When
? 
ANNE: In a 
week
. She’s bringing her black 
bird
, her 
collie
, her 
snakes,
her … . 
JOHN: 
Stop! 
She’s bringing a 
zoo
to 
our
house? 
ANNE: No, John. She’s opening a 
pet
store here in 
town.
High Pre-Head 
 
 
Models :
 I still can’t find it.
¯How ex
ˎ
traordinary. 
 
˙ ˙ 
 

 
….
 
 
 
And what about the acrobat?
¯He was a`mazing. 
 
˙ ˙˙ 

 
. 
 
 

Good morning, David.
¯Hul
ˏ
lo, there! 
 
 

˙ ·
Stress-and-tone marks in the text: The High Pre-Head | ¯ | 
The High Pre-Head never contains any stressed syllables. Before the High Fall it is said 
on the same pitch as the beginning of the fall. Before any other nuclear tone or any head 
the pitch of the High Pre-head is higher than the beginning of the following stressed 
syllable. 

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As compared to the Low Pre-head the High Pre-Head is used to add vivacity, liveliness 
or excitement to the attitudes expressed in the sentence.
Exercise 
 
1.
Read the following sentences with all intonation patterns possible for these 
communicative types. Observe the difference in meaning. 
His behaviour can hardly be regarded as noble. 
How did she take the unexpected news? 
Did Jack happen to be in Paris at that time? 
Enter Mr. Jackson’s name in this list. 
This poem has an irresistible charm. 
Did he know enough about her life to speak with confidence about it? 
Oh, that won’t do. 
It seemed a fascinating idea. 
Where did they get settled at last? 
Don’t get involved in it. 
You’ve made a mess of the job. 
You let him alone. 
He seemed to lose heart in the business after that. 
Give my best wishes to your Mother. 
Why do you interest yourself in this affair? 
Aren’t you Doctor Page’s new assistant? 
Don’t you realize it’s quite against the rules to have him here? 
Good morning, Doctor Manson. 
 
 

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Chapter IV 
Phonostylistics 
Phonostylistics came into existence as an attempt to start bridging the gap between 
linguistic and extra-linguistic factors in analyzing stylistic differentiation of oral texts. 
Phonostylistics is not just a new branch of linguistics, but it is a whole different way of 
looking at phonetic phenomena. It is a way of doing phonetic science which includes 
various extra-linguistic factors, instead of systematically excluding them.
We shall attempt to delineate the range of issues that are integral to Phonostylistics.
Intonation plays an important role in stylistic differentiation of oral texts. Stylistically 
explicable deviations from intonational norms reveal conventional patterns differing from 
language to language. Adult speakers are both transmitters and receivers of the same range 
of phonostylistic effects carried by intonation. The intonation system of a language 
provides a consistently recognizable invariant basis of these effects from person to person. 
The uses of intonation in this function show that the information so conveyed is, in 
many cases, impossible to separate from lexical and grammatical meanings expressed by 
words. 
An intonational style can be defined as a system of interrelated intonational means 
which is used in a certain social sphere and serves a definite aim in communication. There 
are many ways of dividing styles. 
One of the objectives of phonostylistics is the study of intonational functional styles. 
The problem of intonational styles classification can hardly be regarded as settled yet.
According to it five functional styles can be distinguished in phonostylistics 
(intonational stylistics): 
1)
informational (formal) style; 
2)
scientific (academic) style; 
3)
declamatory style; 
4)
publicistic style; 
5)
conversational style;
The situational context and the speaker’s purpose determine the choice of an 
intonational style. The primary situational determinant is the kind of relationship existing 
between the participants in a communicative transaction.