UNIT 6. INTONATION

Question 1

_______ refers to linguistic uses of pitch to convey meaning at the sentence or discourse level.

Answer 1

INTONATION

Question 2

It is necessary to convey your message and to ensure that your speech is appropriate and natural-sounding. Non-native English speakers tend to transfer the patterns of their mother tongue to English.

Answer 2

Correct use of intonation

Question 3

___________ is the term used to describe the use of pitch patterns. It is used to distinguish individual words or the grammatical forms of words, such as the singular and plural forms of nouns or different tenses of verbs (Maddieson, 2011).

Answer 3

Tone

Question 4

It refers to the use of melody and includes rise and fall of the voice when speaking (Dale, P.2005)

Answer 4

Intonation

Question 5

It refers to the quality of a sound governed by the rate of vibrations producing it.

It is the degree of highness or lowness of a tone (Maddieson, 2011).

Answer 5

Pitch

Question 6

_______of the human voice not only differs among individuals, it can also tell hearer whether the speaker is male or female, adult or young. High and low pitch of the voice can tell you if a person is frightened or happy, or whether the speaker is angry or cal

Answer 6

Pitch

Question 7

It refers to linguistic uses of pitch to convey meaning at the sentence or discourse level (Fasold, R. 2006).

Answer 7

Intonation

Question 8

the pitch of the voice on a syllable determines a meaning.

Answer 8

Tone languages

Question 9

is necessary to convey your message and to ensure that your speech is appropriate and natural-sounding

Answer 9

The correct use of intonation

Question 10

_____ can also be defined as a specific change in pitch that functions in tone languages to distinguish words that are made up of the same segments (Rowe, 2006).

Answer 10

Tone

Question 11

_____ _____ refers to a sequence of accented syllables, one or more of which are prominent.

Answer 11

TONE UNIT

Question 12

A syllable which carries a tone is called a ____ _____

Answer 12

tonic syllable

Question 13

_______is the manner of acting, feeling, or thinking that shows one’s disposition, opinion or one’s disposition, mental set, etc.

Answer 13

attitude

Question 14

___________ _________- is an intonation pattern that either rises and then falls, or just falls.

Answer 14

A proclaiming tone

Question 15

_____ _______ shows that the speaker is giving new information.

Answer 15

A proclaiming tone

Question 16

On the other hand, a ______ _____ indicates that the speaker is referring to something that the people involved in the conversation already know.

Answer 16

referring tone

Question 17

______ _____ is an intonation pattern which shows that the speaker is referring to something everybody already knows.

Answer 17

referring tone

Question 18

_____ _____ falls and rises, or just rises. It can be compared to a proclaiming tone, which shows that the speaker is giving new information.

Answer 18

A referring tone