The High Pre-head.

Certain tunes beginning with the high pre-head have been included, as we have seen, in Tone Groups II, IV and VII. The reason for this is that these tunes express the same attitude as those other tunes with the Stepping Head which also belong to Tone Groups II, IV and VII; and these attitudes are quite different from those associated with Tone Groups I, III and VI.

The High pre-head is also found at the beginning of other tunes, and its effect then is not to alter completely the impression made by the tune as a whole, but simply to add vivacity, liveliness, excitement and vehemence to whatever other attitudes the tune in question normally express. As an example, compare:

a) You _ııcan’t do _/that.

b) ¯You _ııcan’t do _/that.

a) is rather matter-of-fact statement of disapproval; b) is equally a statement of disapproval, but because of the high pre-head it is a good deal more vehement and protesting.

Exactly the same effects are given when the high pre-head occurs before the Stepping or Sliding Heads and before the Rise-Fall, High Rise or Fall-Rise tones.

Examples:

¯Good ^heavens a_\bove!	¯I ^æwish you’d ^\/told me!
¯I should ^think so, in_deed!	¯You’re ^/going?

References.

1.J. D. O’Connor and G. F. Arnold. Intonation of colloquial English. Western printing services Ltd. Bristol. 1961.

2.Ian Thompson. Intonation Practice. Oxford University Press, 1981.

3.Judy B. Gilbert. Clear Speech. Pronunciation and Listening Comprehension in North American English. Cambridge University Press, 1993.

[1] J. D. O’Connor and G. F. Arnold. Intonation of colloquial English. Western printing services Ltd. Bristol. 1961.

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