Intonation

English, an intonation language

Pitch, tone and intonation

Strong intonation needed

Intonation patterns

Terminal tone

Combining intonation units

Falling intonation

Falling-falling intonation

Rising-falling Intonation

Rising intonation

Rising-rising intonation

Falling-rising intonation

Degrees of rise or fall

Four pitch levels

Degrees of rise

Beginning pitch level

Sarcasm

Yes-no question

Rhetorical questions

Degrees of fall

Mid fall

Conversational implicatures

Steep fall

Parenthetical remarks

American vs British intonation

Intonation and its function

Grammar function

Attitude function

Context function

New vs old information

High vs low content