To
help us practice intonation, who’d be better to ask help than a musician? I
said that intonation is the melody of speech.
So let’s ask my friend who is a musician to help us practice intonation
patterns in English.
INTERVIEW
What
do you do? I build flutes.
How
long have you been building flutes? I started in 1999.
How
long does it take you to make a flute? I
do the last third of instrument, and it takes me about four days.
Can I
see one of your flutes? Sure. This is a flute from silver.
When
did you make this flute? I made this a
year and half ago.
Is
this your flute? This is my flute; it
took me seven years in industry before I have my own.
[see screen and listen Jennifer] Note that in this exercise, the
words in bold are those words that receive primary stress. In the case of words
with more than one syllable, I’ll underline the stressed syllable. Let’s begin. Set one: listen and repeat after
me. [see screen and listen Jennifer]
Set
two. Note that primary stress is in the
middle of the statement. Your voice will continue to fall after the word third. Listen again. Now you try. Let’s
go on to number 2. [see screen and listen
Jennifer]
Note
that in two and three, our voice will continue to fall after that syllable
receiving primary stress. Listen again to those endings. [see screen
and listen Jennifer]
If
you recall, Erik chose to stress my,
he was emphasizing that he made this flute for himself. It was his flute, and not a flute that he
made for another person. This is my flute. [see screen and listen Jennifer] Erik chose to use falling
intonation in both though groups. But
note that your voice must reach a lower note on own, compare to industry. Own must reach a lower pitch to signal the
end of the statement. End of Part two, please go on to next part of this
lecture.
SUMMARY
Falling
intonation은 평서문, 즉 사실적 정보 전달에 국한된 문장을
나타내며, 마지막 강세를 받는 단어가 one syllable인 경우는
단어 전체에, 두개 이상의syllable을 갖는 단어인 경우 단계적인
falling intonation을 부여 한다.
TODAY’S PRONUNCIATION
Daily Pronunciation 4 - English Lesson – DILIGENT