llo! - O He llo! Commonly, however, different kinds of pre-heads, heads, the same as pitch ranges and levels fulfil their distinctive function not alone but in the combination with other prosodic constituents.have been concerned with the relationship between intonation, grammatical patterns and lexical composition. Usually the speaker's intonation is in balance with the words and structures he chooses. If he says something nice, his intonation usually reflects the same characteristic. All types of questions, for instance, express a certain amount of interest which is generally expressed in their grammatical structure and a special interrogative intonation. However, there are cases when intonation is in contradiction with the syntactic structure and the lexical content of the utterance neutralizing and compensating them, e. g.: a statement may sound questioning, tes the grammatical means of expressing this kind of meaning: Do you know what I'm here for? - No (questioning). There are cases when intonation neutralizes or compensates the lexical content of the utterance as it happens. [7,52]
.4 Two main functions of intonation
Intonation performs several important functions in English. The first function is uniting separate words into sentences in oral speech. The second function of intonation is distinguishing between types of sentences: statements, questions, commands, requests, exclamations, etc. Also, intonation allows us to express emotions: finality, confidence, interest, surprise, doubt, joy, pain, irony, etc. when the meaning of the word please is neutralized by intonation.of balance between intonation and word content, or intonation and the grammatical structure of the utterance may serve special speech effects. A highly forceful or exciting statement said with a very matter-of-fact intonation may, by its lack of balance, produce a type of irony; if one says something very complimentary, but with an intonation of contempt, the result is an insult. The intonation pattern used gives information about whether an utterance is a statement or a question, the type of question and expected response, or whether something is part of a series of items, or something on its own.a statement, the intonation falls on the last syllable of a sentence. e. g. . is a similar pattern in an information (WH) question; these structures are identified by both the question word that starts the sentence and by the intonation pattern. e. g. information question contrasts with a yes/no "question in which the intonation rises on the final syllable. e. g. a series, the first item (s) has rising intonation and the last one has falling intonation. e. g. the intonation pattern is incorrect, then the listener re...
