is the way the pitch of a speaker's voice goes up or down as they speak. Say this sentence: - “Hello” to the following people: a friend you meet often a friend you are meeting after a long time a neighbour who is troublesome a month infant someone you are seeing for the first time to know if someone is in the room the same as above but on the phone Is there a difference in the way you say ‘Hello’? Discuss and share your views. The difference is because you raise or lower your voice according to your attitude towards the person.
This change in the pitch of your voice is called Intonation . Types of Intonation There are four types of Intonation: Falling, Rising, Fall-rise and Rise-fall. They are denoted by the following signs: Falling - \ Rising - / Fall-Rise -v Rise-Fall - Ʌ 12th Communicative English Book.indb Page Celebrations of Expressions Falling tone is the most common type of intonation in English. It is used for asking and giving information in a normal, quiet, style.
Usually statements, that are categorical, confident and convincing, are expressed in this tone. Standard patterns: Falling tone is used on the last stressed syllable of the sentence in Statements(declarative sentences): We live in \Chennai. He doesn’t have the \book. Questions: What do you\want?
Commands (imperative sentences): Close the \door. Come \here. Exclamatory sentences: What a pleasant sur\prise! Amazing \shot!
The last part of alternative questions (after “or”) Would you like to have coffee or \ tea? Do you want a pen or a pen\cil? Tag questions(When the answer is sure to be ‘yes’) You live here, don’t \you? Rising intonation in English expresses a number of emotions such as : non-finality, surprise, doubt, politeness, interest, lack of confidence etc.
Standard rising intonation in English usually goes down a little first and then rises up. Rising intonation is used in Statement intended to be a question You came here to/day? (I thought you came last night.) He left so /early? (I thought