实荆州职院：《用英语语音学》（英文版） Answer questions:

Intonation 主讲教师:荆州职业技术学院人文艺术系 朱瀚 Doherty

Intonation 主讲教师: 荆州职业技术学院人文艺术系 朱瀚 Doherty

Answer questions 1.-Are you a student? Yes, am 2. -Kate! Yes?

Answer questions: ▪ 1. -Are you a student? -Yes, I am. ▪ 2. -Kate! -Yes?

1 Detinition of tone Tones are pitch variations, Which are caused by the differing rates of vibration of the vocal cords 声调是由于声带振动的速率的不同而引起的 音高变化

1. Definition of tone Tones are pitch variations, which are caused by the differing rates of vibration of the vocal cords. 声调是由于声带振动的速率的不同而引起的 音高变化

Tone can be divided into the following 2 kinds: 1level tone 2) moving tone

Tone can be divided into the following 2 kinds: ▪ 1) level tone ▪ 2) moving tone

Moving tone can be divided into the following 3 kinds 1)Rising tone 2)Falling tone 3)Falling-rising tone

Moving tone can be divided into the following 3 kinds: 1)Rising tone 2)Falling tone 3)Falling-rising tone

anguage can generally be divided into the following 2 kinds: 1)Tone language 2川 intonation language

Language can generally be divided into the following 2 kinds: 1)Tone language 2)Intonation language

Chinese tones日 ma ma ma ma 妈麻马

Chinese tones: mā má mǎ mà 妈 麻 马 骂

English tones Are you a student? n I am a teacher y Would you like a cup of tea, or a cup of coffee?7 y

English tones: ▪ Are you a student? ↗ ▪ I am a teacher. ↘ ▪ Would you like a cup of tea, or a cup of coffee? ↗ ↘

2 Definition of intonation When pitch, stress and sound length are tied to the sentence rather than the word in isolation, they are collectively known as intonation 句子中除了孤立的单词之外,还被附加 了音高、重音和音长等因素,所有这些东 西统称为语调

2. Definition of intonation When pitch, stress and sound length are tied to the sentence rather than the word in isolation, they are collectively known as intonation. 句子中除了孤立的单词之外，还被附加 了音高、重音和音长等因素，所有这些东 西统称为语调

Part Ii Functions of Intonation

Part Ⅱ Functions of Intonation