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