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Phonetics

Soledad Álvarez, Lucía Casella, Jackie

Moreira
What is the
secret
ingredient to
great
pronunciation?
Intonation
 Main aspects:
Spanish
General Form of
vs.
description Intonation.
English
 General Description:
Change intonation
Change meaning
patterns

Pitch of voice,
Produce meaning
Stress,
Rhythm

Intonation Express attitude

 What actually is
Intonation?
Important element of suprasegmental
Phonololgy.

Variation in the Pitch of the voice.

Pitch difference must be perceptible

and there should be contrasts.
Pitch High - Low

Carry some linguistic information.

Must be under the speaker's

control.
Spanish vs English Intonation
The main differences between English and
Spanish Intonation are in:

pitch range
pitch patterns
 Forms of intonation:
01 02 03
LEVEL FALLING RISING
TONE TONE TONE
Forms of intonation:
04 05
FALL - RISE RISE - FALL
Some examples:
Some examples:
Activity:
Listen to the audios and write one of the
following moods for each “YES”.

Surprised – Bored – Happy – Angry – Sleepy – Relieved

Doubting – Without interest in following a conversation

Audio 1) “Yes” : __________________________________

Audio 2) “Yes” : __________________________________
Audio 3) “Yes” : __________________________________
Audio 4) “Yes” : __________________________________

Activity:
Correction:

Surprised – Bored – Happy – Angry – Sleepy – Relieved

Doubting – Without interest in following a conversation

Audio 1) “Yes” : Bored

Audio 2) “Yes” : Without interest
Audio 3) “Yes” : Doubting
Audio 4) “Yes” : Surprised

Activity:
Correction:

Audio 1) “Yes” : Bored (Level)

Audio 2) “Yes” : Without interest (Falling)
Audio 3) “Yes” : Doubting (Rising)
Audio 4) “Yes” : Surprised (Rise - Fall)

 Bibliography:
*GIMSON: 'Intonation'- Section 11.6
*FINCH and ORTIZ LIRA: 'Intonation'- Chapter 12
*ROACH: 'Intonation'- Chapters 15-19,1
*HEWINGS: 'Intonation'- Sections 39-53
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3SThAIpVRc&ab_channel=EnglishPronunciationRoadmap"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ha15yy0lWo&ab_channel=EnglishPronunciationRoadmap
https://ciiindyenglish.wixsite.com/englishteacher/post/intonation-can-change-the-meaning-of-
the-sentence

 The team

JACKIE MOREIRA SOLEDAD LUCIA CASELLA

ALVAREZ
Thank
you!