Unit V

Theory: The three T’s: tone, tonicity, tonality. Intonation in the EFL: transfer and
interference. Tone: going up and going down. Fall, rise and fall-rise: Falling and non-
falling tones. Falls. Rises. Fall-rises. Statements: The definitive fall. The implicational
fall-rise. Declarative questions. Uptalk. Yes, no and elliptical answers. Independent
rises. Questions: Wh-questions. Yes-no questions. Tag questions. Independent
elliptical questions. Checking. Other sentence types: Exclamations. Commands.
Interjection and Greetings. Sequences of tones: Leading and trailing tones. Topic and
Comment. Open and Closed lists. Adverbials. Fall plus Rise. Tone Concord. Tone
Meaning: Generalized meaning of different tones. Checklist of tone meanings.
Transcription Practice: Miscellaneous Texts
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THE THREE Ts: a quick overview of English Intonation

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INTONATION IN EFL: Transfer and interference

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