- Pronunciation - Intonation

 How many different tones does Mandarin have?  4  What effect do these different tones have on the language?  Each tone gives a word a different meaning.

 The rise and fall of ones voice.  In phonology this is known as intonation.  Intonation is about how we say things, rather than what we say.

 Intonation is the rising, or falling pitch in the speakers voice as they say words or phrases.  In many languages, changes in pitch reflect a change in meaning of what is being said. (eg. Mandarin and Thai.)

 Is the English language a tonal language?  Yes and no.  English uses tone to emphasise and enhance a meaning of a word rather than changing its meaning altogether.

 In grammar:  Use your finger to trace the rise and fall (intonation) of the following sentence.  What do you notice?  Now lets plot it onto some music paper and see what happens!  Where  did  you  go?

 Where did you go?  Use your finger to trace the rise and fall (intonation) of the following sentence.  What do you notice?  Now lets plot it onto some music paper and see what happens!  Where  did  you  go?  = falling intonation

 Yes, I did see him. him see  did  I  Yes,  = rising

 Did you see him?  Did  you  see  him?  = falling

 I bought a tomato, cucumber, and salad.  cucumber  tomatoand  asalad.  bought  I  rising, rising, rising, falling

 'You're a pilot, aren't you?‘  you?‘  'You're aren't a pilot,  'chat' - falling; 'check' - rising

 No No