Transcript Unit 14 Intonation Units of English

Unit 14 Intonation Units of English
Xu dehua
Structure of English Intonationgroups
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P = Pre-head
H = Head
B= Body
N = Nucleus
T = Tail
Elements in an intonation-group
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The pre-head: any unstressed syllable or syllables that
调冠
may precede the head - or the nucleus,
if there is no head.
The head:
the first stressed syllable in the tone-group except
调头
the nucleus. In the tone group, if there is only one
stressed syllable, that is nucleus.
The body : the part that lies between the head and the nucleus.
调身
The nucleus: the stressed syllable of the last
调核
prominent word in a tone unit
The tail:
any syllable or syllables that may
调尾
follow the nucleus
Recognize the structure of an
intonation-unit
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We are learning a foreign language.
P
H
B
N
T
P = Pre-head
H = Head
B = Body
N = Nucleus
T = Tail
Exercise: Mark out the elements in the following intonation
units.
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P HB NT :
P H BN :
P NT :
P N :
H BNT :
HN :
NT :
N :
She'll be able to do it properly.
It was a very dark night.
He said so.
They'll be late.
Isn't John going?
Go ahead.
Pardon?
Thanks.
常见的语调组模式
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PHBNT:
P HBN :
P NT :
P N :
HBNT :
H BN :
NT:
N:
She'll be able to do it properly.
It was a very dark night.
He said so.
They'll be late.
Isn't John going?
Go ahead.
Pardon?
Thanks.