The tunes of single-syllable sense groups.

Up to this point we have used the term tune in a very general way; we shall now define it as the complete pitch treatment of a sense group. Tunes, like sense groups, may be long or short, but we shall start by dealing with the shortest possible tunes, those found in sense groups consisting of a single, monosyllabic word. Below are six examples showing different tunes for the word Two in different contexts.

1. PETER: Would you like one packet, or two?

JOHN:_\ Two.

2. PETER: How many shoes in a pair?

JOHN:^\Two.

PETER: Did you know Richard has two wives?

JOHN: ^Two!

3. PETER: How many cigarettes have you got?

JOHN: _/Two.

4. PETER: I’ve only got two pounds.

JOHN: ^/Two?

5. PETER: You’ve got one brother, haven’t you?

JOHN: ^{\ /} Two.

The six tunes are:

Low Fall: the voice falls during the word from a medium to a very low pitch.

High Fall: the voice falls during the word from a high to a very low pitch.

Rise-Fall: the voice first rises from a fairly low to a high pitch, and then quickly falls to a very low pitch.

Low Rise: the voice rises during the word from a low to a medium pitch or a little above.

High Rise: the voice rises during the word from a medium to a high pitch.

Fall-Rise: the voice first falls from a fairly high to rather low pitch, and then, still within the word, rises to a medium pitch.

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Prominence and accent.	\|	The tunes of longer sense groups containing only one important word.

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