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    The document describes 5 common intonation patterns in English: falling tone, rising tone, rising-falling tone, falling-rising tone, and level tone. Each tone has grammatical functions, such as falling tone used for statements and requests, while rising tone is used for yes-no questions and invitations. The document provides examples to illustrate the different tones.

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    Intonation lecture by my phonetic lecturer

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    The document describes 5 common intonation patterns in English: falling tone, rising tone, rising-falling tone, falling-rising tone, and level tone. Each tone has grammatical functions, such as falling tone used for statements and requests, while rising tone is used for yes-no questions and invitations. The document provides examples to illustrate the different tones.

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    INTONATIO

    N
    1. FALLING TONE ( ̖ )

    a. Statements of fact or definite


    answer to a question
    He’s an ESL ̖students.
    b. Greetings
    Good ̖morning.
    c. Suggestions
    Let’s have a day off.
    d. Requests or commands
    Open the ̖door.
    e. WH-questions
    Where are you ̖from?
    f. Exclamations
    What a ̖long day!
    g. Tag questions (closed message to
    check/confirm information)
    You are Vietnamese, ̖aren’t you?
    h. Choice questions
    Do you like cake or ̖ pie?
    2. RISING TONE ( ̗ )

    a. Yes-No questions
    b. Statements used as a yes-no
    question
    c. Choice questions (rising at the
    last choice only)
    d. Addressing directly to whom we
    are speaking
    e. Tag- questions (open message
    to get information)
    f. Invitations to continue
    g. Asking for repetition or
    confirmation
    h. Counting
    3. RISING-FALLING TONE
    (̭)
    a. One-syllable utterances to response
    b. Exclamations
    c. Calling someone (with
    feeling/emotion)
    d. Strong approval, surprise,
    disapproval
    4. FALLING-RISING
    TONE ( ̬ )
    a. Doubt, limited agreement
    b. Incomplete utterances
    5. LEVEL TONE ( ̱ )

    Roll-calling, saying st. without interest

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