2018-09-20 Pronunciation: choice intonation, humming

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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p. 97 exercise 5 - Intonation of yes/no questions. (Especially when the focus word isn’t the last word.)
(statement: We’re going to review today.)
Are we going to review today?
Is Mark available?
Could you hold for a minute?
Can you give it to him, please?
- Generally, the tone will rise from the focus word through the end of the question.
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Intonation for pairs and lists
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Questions with “or”
Are you free on Saturday or Sunday?
			rise		fall		= Choose one. Saturday? or Sunday?
			(rise----------rise)		= Yes/no question: are you free this weekend?
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Statements with “and” or “or”

We have coffee and tea.
You could have coffee or tea.

We can meet Monday, Wednesday, or Friday.
			up		up		down

You can study French, German, Italian
			up	   up		down = You can choose one of those three.
			up	   up		up	= There are other possibilities I didn’t mention.
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p. 98 exercise 7 - Take turns saying the sentences with your partner.
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“My email, phone number, and office hours are on the syllabus.”
- “office hours” falls because it’s last in a list, but at the end rises a bit because it’s not the end of the sentence.
p. 98 exercise 8 - Listen and decide if each statement is complete or incomplete.
p. 99 exercise A - Listn and mark whether each thought it partial or full.
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Intonation and “humming” words.
Uh-uh (no)
Uh-huh (yes)
I dunno. - If you hum (or “uh”) this intonation, people will still understand “I don’t know”.