Ex. 1 Which non-final intonation groups sound more or less complete/ incomplete.

1 They ‘aren’t living here ,permanently, | but they ‘usually ‘spend the week-`ends here. 2 ‘After ,dinner, | if you‘re not too ,tired, | we’ll ‘have some music. 3 He went by ,train and ‘I went by `bus, | so he ‘got there earlier | but ‘I saw `more of the country. 4 ‘Turning the ,corner, | she ‘ran into Miss `Jones, and in’vited her to tea. 5 Unless you go to bed ,early, and ‘get ‘’plenty of ,sleep, | you ‘won’t be able to ‘get up `early. 6 Before ‘writing to him, and com,mitting myself, | I ‘want to get ‘‘all the facts. 7 I ‘told him to `wait| if he didn’t want to get into ,trouble, | but he `wouldn’t| as he was short of time. 8 I ‘beg your `pardon, | but it’s ‘out of the question. 9 She’s `ill, | pneu monia I think. 10 `No, it’s `that one I want, | the `blue one. 11 In my ,opinion, | she de’served `all she got. 12 ‘Rise or ,shine, | he ‘never misses his ‘afternoon `stroll. 13 On the ,whole, | the ‘verdict you pro`nounced be,fore was `just. 14 My ‘sister who is a ,nurse | has ‘one child. 15 ‘Life is a ‘rich a,dventure and ‘largely a ‘question of chance.

Ex. 2 Note that the difference in the: a) communicative type of the utterances; b) modal-attitudinal meaning of the utterances; c) information point between the utterances in each pair depends on intonation.

a)1 You know the road. You know the road?

2 She is easy to deal with. She is easy to deal with?

3 The train is more ex pensive than the coach. The train is more ex pensive than the coach?

b) 1 I won’t have it any more, thanks. I won’t have it any more, thanks.

2 Please let me have them. Please let me have them.

3 I’ve al ready got some. I’ve al ready got some.

4 Sorry, sir. Sorry, sir.

c) 1There’s hardly any reason for his resig nation. There’s hardly any reason for his resig nation.

2 The train to New York was cancelled yesterday. The train to New York was cancelled yesterday.

3 The house was de stroyed by the fire. The house was de stroyed by the fire.

Ex. 3 Note that the difference in the syntactic and semantic meaning of the following utterances depends on intonation division.

1 Mary said | her sister is very good at cooking. Mary | said her sister | is very good at cooking.

2 The students | who lived out of town | protested. The students who lived out of town | protested.

3 She washed | and brushed her hair. She washed and brushed her hair.

4 One of the children | said the teacher | looks after the books. One of the children said | the teacher looks after the books.

5 Shall we say Monday or Tuesday? Shall we say Monday | or Tuesday?

Components of Intonation (Prosody)

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