ceives a confusing message and can be unsure of how to respond.is very important to understand that intonation patterns themselves have meaning. One and the same word or phrase pronounced with different types of intonation will convey different meanings and will be understood differently, for example: No. - No? - No! Change of standard patterns of intonation also has meaning, for example, rising intonation makes a command more polite, more like a request.intonation is very different from Russian intonation. Both languages ​​use falling and rising intonation, but they are not the same in English and Russian. It s very important not to bring Russian intonation into English because intonation patterns from Russian may convey a different meaning in English and cause misunderstanding and even produce an unfavorable impression of you.is necessary to study English intonation together with your study of grammar and vocabulary as soon as you start studying English because it will be difficult to get rid of the Russian accent later on. The best way to study English intonation is by listening and repeating. Marking the stresses, pauses, falling and rising intonation and other phonetic phenomena in the written copy of the recording that you are listening to helps to understand and memorize intonation patterns. It is also very useful to record your reading of the text transcript and compare your result with the audio file you have studied. The next step may be watching a film in English and listening for the intonation patterns that you have studied and started to use and so on.on pronunciation and intonation is hard work that requires patience and perseverance, and intonation patterns are especially difficult to master. A good ear helps a lot, so train your skills by listening and repeating, reciting poems and singing in English as often as you can. [8,59]
1.5 Intonation and linguistics
Rising intonation means the pitch of the voice increases over time; falling intonation means that the pitch decreases with time. A dipping intonation falls and then rises, whereas a peaking intonation rises and then falls.classic example of intonation is the question-statement distinction. For example, northeastern American English, like very many languages, has a rising intonation for echo or declarative questions (He found it on the street?), And a falling intonation for wh - questions (Where did he find it?) And statements ( He found it on the street.). Yes or no questions (Did he find it on the street?) Often have a rising end, but not always. prove the necessity of including speech prosody into the field of linguistic analysis, now problems of speech prosodic organization become predominant not only in phonetics but are also involved in such branches of linguistics as syntax and semantics. At the same time many problems of phrase an...
