Ex. 3 Read the utterances with the Broken Descending Head.

1 He 'threw a way 'half of his 'chance of `winning. 2 'John says he 'won the ↑'first `prize. 3 I 'think you are ıbeing 'very un`fair. 4 This 'new kind of 'medicine is ↑'simply `wonderful. 5 They 'stayed a way for a "very good `reason. 6 His 'average 'reading speed is ımore than '30 pages an `hour. 7 I’ve 'scarcely ıread 'anything for `months. 8 She 'says they 'saw a "jolly good `film yesterday. 9 This 'game is ıplayed in 'all the countries of the `world. 10 He’s been 'practising the ıpiano since his 'early `childhood. 11 I 'found these 'programmes ↑'seriously `overpriced.

7.5 The Ascending Stepping Head

Each of the stressed syllables of the Ascending Head takes a static tone pitched higher than the preceding one, so that the onset syllable occupies the lowest pitch in the head. Intervening unstressed syllables are said on the same pitch as the stressed syllable to which they are attached. The head can be marked in tow ways:

1) m m m `m

2) m m m `m

E.g.: She didn’t seem to ‵notice it.

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The Ascending Head is typically combined with the nuclear High Fall and High Rise tones. The degree of prominence of the nucleus is greater than in the Descending Head. Utterances said with the Ascending Head cause the listener to anticipate the main point of information at the end. Such heads gives some specific modal connotations to utterances. There is often a feeling of surprise, protest, or a note of impatience,

E.g.: A: Can you wait for another five minutes? – B: I’ve been waiting for ‘half an `hour already!

7.6 The Low Head

The Low Head is formed by the syllables which are pronounced in the low pitch zone of the speaker’s voice range. Relevant syllables are made prominent by saying them with greater loudness and greater duration in comparison with unstressed syllables. The stressed syllables are indicated with a low stress-mark.

E.g.: Two or three times a ,week .

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The Low Head is used in combination with the Low Narrow Rise and the Low Narrow Fall. Such utterances produce an impression of smaller overall prominence and often convey a cool, detached, phlegmatic, disapproving attitude of the speaker.

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