What prosodic means are used in different cases of accent in the text?
Comment on the use of
— Low-Falling tones in the text;
— Low-Rising tones in the text;
— Mid-Falling tones in the text;
— High-Falling tones in the text;
— Falling-Rising tones in the text.
4.2.11. Comment on the modifications of tempo, loudness and pitch in the following parts of the text:
'equally marked';
'until the rise of spectator sports';
'last but by no means last'.
— What is the function of these modifications in each of these cases?
— 4.3. The English Articulation Basis — Sounds—
4.3.1. Listen to the way the following words are said by the speaker on the tape.
— Transcribe them with the help of the English Pronouncing Dictionary.
characteristics microcosm
psychology evolution
egoism domestic
intolerance spectator
outsiders competition
ostentatious subtly
independence decisive
mobility aspects
equally Reformation
illustrated formation
urge Empire
wander expense
microcosm repercussions
Dover insularity
Calais moat
separate
4.3.2. What is the basic peculiarity of the fricative in the stressed and unstressed syllables of the following words which makes them completely different from their Russian counterparts?
some setting
self-confidence spectator
ostentatious sports
wealth less
social special
strong feeling
belief sea
love seaside
earth subtly
both decisive
domestic so
aspects
history
system
last
least
— How does the English Articulation Basis affect these consonants?
— Study consonants of the same class in some other words from the text:
characteristics physical
visitors appearance
psychology illustrated
intolerance described
outsiders products
independence English
comfort informal
have landscape
sailors
also
fact
course
growth
expense
often
separate
What is the basic peculiarity of initial resonants in the stressed syllables of the following words?
national miles
love more
marked make
last microcosm
least evolution
no means domestic
well-known landscape
insularity belief
music led
moat less
made
religion
navy
political
What makes these consonants so completely different from their Russian counterparts?
— How does the English Articulation Basis affect these consonants?
How are the final resonants that close up the stressed syllables to be pronounced in the following cases and why?
1 2
English cultural
some wander
self-confidence bring
independence microcosm
comfort home
strong landscape
town come
country Empire
means
insularity expense well-known
— Comment on the pronunciation of the final resonants in the unstressed syllables of the following words: