2018-09-19 Pronunciation: final intonation

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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chapter 9 handout p. 89 exercise 10
- With your partner, practice pronouncing these exchanges. Student B make sure to stress the correct focus word.
- Then switch and start with the response. Your partner identifies which sentence you said, and responds with the correct choice of (a) or (b).
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Final intonation
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We’re not taking a vacation this summer
- What is the difference in meaning between rising and falling intonation?
(Why would I ask “We’re not taking a vacation this summer?” instead of “Are we taking a vacation this summer?”?)
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Handout (chapter 10) p. 93 - Does the intonation go up or down in each of these words?
rise - Are you tired?
fall - I’m just sad.
fall - Why are you sad?
fall - Because of Claudio.
rise - Is he sick?
fall - No, he’s moving.
fall - Where is he moving?
fall - To Canada.
What possible full conversation could they have?
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In most questions:
- yes/no questions have rising intonation at the end
- wh- questions have falling intonation at the end

Where do you live? (falling) = I don’t know and I would like you to tell me.
Where do you live? (rising) = I heard before but I forgot.
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p. 96 - If a wh- question rises, it’s often to clarify or repeat information (that the speaker forgot or didn’t hear).
exercise 4 - Pronounce the words with rising or falling intonation and then answer appropriately.
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p. 95 - Repeat the falling and rising intonation
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‘c’ before ‘e’, ‘i’, or ‘y’ is almost always pronounced /s/
‘c’ before any other letter (including another ‘c’) is almost always /k/
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p. 94 exercise 2 - Listen to the questions and answers. Which answer do you think you heard?
1 a (I think the book is wrong about this one.)
2 b
3 a
4 b
5 b
6 a
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Unfinished statements have a steady tone (not rising or falling). Finished statements usually fall.