Common intonation patterns
Rise-fall ~- 3-\
Declarative statements
a
I studYeco.flolriics. (step)
31. I
~
W~at time is I it?
(step)
__
Wh-Questions
Commands
)0
Go to
room'~
(glide)
~-3-d..
Unfinished statements
ll1wan~_d_~ ..
r - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , '--_
Rising
;1.-'3
Yes/no questions
0l.-.3
they
ready to~
go?
~re
::1.-3
Request for
repetition~:t::.-..:.~----,.
ere is he going?
.,.
3.JA
They wentJ where?
~
,.../'
They went ilome?
~-'1
Surprise't
left
1
?
Risin~ (cont'd)
(=' PARENTHeTIcAL'.))
or k,.."'&e..
DIrect address
1:3 Pi",.t"oo..2.
How have yo .. ~en, Michael? ~
'/.,~
I J"l-~
Tag Questions
eliciting agreement d.-3~v_
3-1
/J.'s a beautiful ._~ is 't it?
signaling uncertainty ').-~-:z..
::>-.
V
L-______~y~o~u=~~~~~~~~t~aaU~~yy~OO~uu~?~__~
Closed choice alternative question
./
Would you like !Coffee ~
Open choice alternative question
Would ou r
Series
I'd Ii ke a ;..h-a-m-b-u-rg-e......r,
JJ:Hts
offee or tea?
::';":"::-;::;:..-0
Compound/complex sentences
When
went to ick u hi
r,Jhe laileiPe fell
off.
He punched the mechanic in tbe ~,and now he's
being s d.
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21G.223 / 21G.224 Listening, Speaking, and Pronunciation
Fall 2004
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