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Class: AnhK23D
The falls starts at the same pitch as the syllable just before it.
Notes:
If there are any unstressed syllables before the stressed syllable of the
first important word, these are all said on a rather low pitch.
Also any stressed syllable near the beginning which belongs to a word
which is not important is said on that rather low pitch.
Uses:
The Glide-down is used in Categorical statements, Wh-questions,
Exclamations, Tag questions intended as forcing the person asked to agree
with the speaker, Yes-No questions said with disinterest or as response to
something previously informed and commands.
Examples:
*No
*Excellent
When there is more than one important word in the group, the stressed
syllable of each one is lower than the one before and the last one has the
fall.
I was *glad
*Two
*Forty
3. Point out the difference between the glide-up and the take-off
with respect of their uses. Example.
The glide up is the intonation pattern consisting of a rise at the end of a
sentence but the tune starts at a high pitch. The rise is put on the stressed
syllable or started from the stressed syllable.
*Two
*Forty
The take off is the intonation pattern that ends with a rise in the voice like
the Glide up but any words or syllables before the rise are low
We call it the take off because like an aero-plane taking off, it starts by
running along at a low level and finally rises into the air
It *was.