INTONATION 2 Chapter 16

What is an intonation language? It is a language in which substituting one distinctive tone for another on a particular word or morpheme can cause a change in the (lexical) dictionary meaning of that word

What is a tone unit? An utterance of one or more than one syllable It has a tonic syllable and a tonic stress

What is a tonic syllable?  A syllable that carries a tone Is that ∕ you?

What is a tonic stress?  A stress carried by the tonic syllable

The structure of the tone-unit Simple One tonic syllable Complex Two tonic syllables

The structure of intonation is composed of: 1. The head 2. The pre-head 3. The tail

1. The head is:  All the part of the tone unit that extends from the first stressed syllable up to but not including the tonic syllable  The head tonic syllable ‘Give me \those

2. Pre-head All the unstressed syllables in atone unit preceding the first stressed syllables 1. When there is no head pre-head tonic syllable In an \hour 2. When there is a head Pre-head head tonic syllable In a ‘little ‘less than an \hour

3. The tail  Any syllable between the tonic syllable and the end of the tone- unit tonic syllable tail \Look at it tonic syllable tail ∕What did you say

We can summarize the tone-unit structure as: (PH) (H) TS (T) In a ‘little ‘less than an \hour I think

where is the head? ‘Bill is \here ‘Sara ‘called to ‘give me \these If ‘They ‘wouldn’t \care

Where is the pre-head? On the ‘black \table To the ‘left \hand there

Where is the tail? \Both of them If it \rains outside

True or false:  A tonic syllable carries only the tone and not the tonic stress Χ  The structure of the tone unit could be simple or complex √  A head extends from the first stressed syllable and includes the tonic syllable Χ

True or false:  The pre-head all the unstressed syllables preceding the second stressed syllable Χ  A pre-head could precede a head or tonic syllable √  Syllables between the tonic syllable and the end of the tone-unit √