2018-03-28 Pronunciation: final intonation in questions

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Handout p. 89 - Take turns with your partner saying the responses. Then your partner identifies which response you said, and says sentence (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 falling and rising final intonation?
p. 93 - Listen to the partial conversation. Is the intonation rising or falling?
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p. 94 exercise 2A - Listen to the questions and answers. Choose the correct version of the answer (if the person has stopped speaking or not).
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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Rising and falling intonation in information quesitons.
What’s your name?
- falling = normal question
- rising = I need you to repeat it (because I didn’t hear/understand or I forgot)
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p. 96 exercise 4A - Take turns responding to the statements with the rising or the falling question. Then answer appropriately.
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Intonation in ‘or’ questions:
Would you like paper or plastic?
                       (rising)     (falling)
Boston, Chicago, or New York?
(rising)  (rising)          (falling)
This is the same pattern as statements with lists (with “and” or “or”).
We’re visiting Boston, Chicago, and New York.
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If you rise on the final item of the list, listeners will expect you to continue.
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If you rise through both items, people will sometimes understand them together.
Are you free Saturday or Sunday?
- rise + fall = choose between Saturday and Sunday
- continuous rise = Are you free sometime this weekend?
(In text, it’s not clear whether this is a choice question or a yes/no question.)