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Stress, Rhythm and Intonation in English

Stress

Stress

Syllables + Words

Louder Longer Higher

Basically Stressing means

Emphasize the song

Every word in English

1 syllable

Primary stress

De-Stress

De-Stress

Syllables + Words

Relaxed Weakers

Examples

Listen and repeat "engineer"

[ en dze NIYR ]

De-stress Stress

Examples

"English "

[IN glis]

Stress De-stress

"Photograph"

[fow da graef]

1 2

Stress D-st. D-Str

Rhythm

RHYTHM is the

Musicallity of English

+

ups & down

+

Connected speech

+

Linking of words

Rhythm comes from the convination of two types stress

1) syllables stress in words

2)Words stress in sentences

Words stress in sentences

*Important to the meaning

*Content

1) Main verbs

2) Nouns

3)Adjectives

4) Adverbs

5) Negatives

6) "wh" words

7) Interjections

Words stress in sentences

Examples

Listen and repeat

" I HAVE to GO to SCHOOL."

" I WANT my BROther to win."

" It's NOT the BEST iDEa."

Examples

Funcion Words

* Weaker

* Sometimes disappear from a sentence

Funcion Words

1) Articles ( "a" "the"

2) Conjunctions ( "and" "but" )

3) Prepositions ( "of" "to" )

5) Auxilliary verbs ( "has" )

Function Words

Examples

Listen and repeat

quicker & relaxed

" I HAVE to GO to SCHOOL

content word

quicker & relaxed

" I WANT my BROther to win."

content words

Examples

Intonation

Ups and Down

of the voice & pitch

focus word

at end of the sentence or question

there are 3 intonation patterns

1) rise

2) fall

3) partial fall

Intonation

Examples /rise

To express surprise

"Your dog speaks English?"

Need clarification/repetition

"Who got a dog?"

Rise

Examples /fall

To complete a thought

"I got a dog."

To ask a Wh- question

(what,where , who, why, when, how)

"How are you?"

Fall

Examples / partial fall

Unfinished/ partial fall + no change

"My dog is smart, pretty and sweet."

" I want a dog, but ..."

Partial Fall

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