2018-02-01 Pronunciation: contrast and emotion

For purpose: to + verb, for + noun
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Handout p. 88 - Contrastive stress to correct information.
Remember, the neutral focus word is the last content word of a thought group.
Take turns saying the sentences on the top of p. 89, while your partner corrects the information.
1 Actually, Shakespeare wrote Hamlet. / Actually, Dante wrote the Divine Comedy.
2 The Taj Mahal is in India.
3 Psychology is the study of personality. / Ecology is the study of nature. / of the environment.
4 The Nile River is the longest. / The Mississippi River is the longest river in North America.
5 CO2 is the chemical symbol for carbon dioxide. / H2O is the chemical symbol for water.
6 The Atlantic is to the east of the United States. / The Pacific Ocean is to the west of the US.
7 Tokyo is the capital of Japan.
8 Monet was a famous French painter. / Van Gogh was a famous Dutch painter.
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If the other person doesn’t think the action happened, the verb is the focus word.
exercise 10A - One partner says sentence a. or b., and the other responds with the correct stress.
1 I called my mother.
2 I just got back from a long vacation.
3 I sprained my ankle.
4 No, I faxed it.
5 I said 925.
6 Near Rio.
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Other Handout p. 218 exercise 2 - How should these be pronounced as questions or statements?
Rising intonation suggests uncertainty (in a question or a statement).
“Amplitude” of rises and falls suggests stronger feelings.
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Try to pronounce “Spring break is a month away” with the different emotions described