Tone + Mood Flashcards
What is tone?
Tone is the level and movement of pitch within an intonation unit.
What is the primary tone?
It is the system of contrasting
movements of pitch within the tonic segment
What choices do i have within primary tone?
- fall
- rise
- fall-rise
How does the primary tone system function?
The primary tone system functions in two dimensions:
1. the speaker’s organization of their information
2. the speakers role in interpersonal communication
What is secondary tone?
Secondary tone refers to variations of the basic primary
system of \ , / and V, and also to levels and movements
in the pretonic segment.
What do variations of the primary system indicate?
Variations of the primary system involve degrees of fall,
rise and fall-rise and these variations indicate something
of the speaker’s attitude or strength of feeling in
expressing their message.
What does Mood refer to?
The linguistic resources that allow a speaker to define their
role and the role of the listener
What does Mood refer to?
The linguistic resources that allow a speaker to define their
role and the role of the listener
What is the medium of Mood?
It is realized through the Subject and the Finite and how they are
organized.
What are the four basic speech functions organizing mood?
- statements
- commands
- questions
- offers
When is mood neutral?
When the speech function is expressed in the expected form.
What is the purpose of mood?
It helps us recognize speech functions in spoken text, where we do not have punctuation.
When is mood marked?
When the speech function is expressed in an atypical form.
