3.4 Intonation.ppt

3.4 Intonation Intonation involves “the occurrence of recurring pitch patterns, each of which is used with a set of relatively consistent meanings, either on single words or on groups of words of varying length” (Cruttenden, 1997: 7). For example, the fall-rise tone in English typically involves the meaning of a contrast within a limited set of items stated explicitly or implicitly. (Isn’t her name Mary?) No / ? Jenny The old man didn’t come / whereas the ? young man / did come and actually enjoyed himself ? I didn’t do it A difference in pitch changes the meaning of a group of words and wh