The document discusses intonation in speech and its various forms and functions. Intonation refers to the melody or pattern of pitch changes in speech. It includes tone units, prominence, tone, accentual function, grammatical function, attitudinal function, discourse function, and indexical and psychological functions. The document emphasizes learning intonation through both intuitive and explicit instructional approaches with realistic goals of improved intelligibility, communicability, confidence, and self-monitoring abilities.

1. WHAT IS INTONATION?
SPEECH MELODY

2. 4 EXTRA HIGH
3 HIGH red
2 MID / joan is wearing to -
1 LOW day /

3. WHAT IS INTONATION?

4. FORM OF INTONATION
TONE UNIT (TONALITY)
that woman said the husband had been unfaithful
/that woman / said the husband / had been unfaithful
/that woman said / the husband had been unfaithful /

5. FORM OF INTONATION
PROMINENCE (TONICITY)
•New information / i am LISTening/
• Contrast /I am listening/
• Emphasis / i AM listening/

6. FORM OF INTONATION
TONE
FALLING /YES/
RISING /YES/
FALL RISING
/YES/
LEVEL
/YES/

7. ACCENTUAL FUNCTION
/john will come to the PARty with me /
/john will come to the party with ME /
/JOHN will come to the party with me /
/john WILL come to the party with me /
/john will COME to the party with me /
/john will come TO the party with me /
/john will come to THE party with me /
/john will go to the party WITH me /

8. GRAMMATICAL FUNCTION
•DEMARCATIVE (TONALITY)
•/the students who read the chapters easily passed the exam/
•/the students /who read the chapters/ easily passed the exam/
•/the students /who read the chapters easily /passed the exam/
•/the students who read the chapters easily /passed the exam/
•/the students who read the chapters/ easily passed the exam/

9. •SYNTACTIC (TONE)
INTERROGATIVE
/they are COMing/
/they are COMing/
AFFIRMATIVE

10. ATTITUDINAL FUNCTION

11. DISCOURSE FUNCTION
•FOCUSING / INFORMATIONAL
NEW VS. OLD
• COHESIVE
ORGANIZATION OF SPOKEN DISCOURSE

12. •INDEXICAL:
PERSONAL OR SOCIAL IDENTITY.
• PSYCHOLOGICAL:
• ORGANIZATION OF THOUGHTS

13. •INTUITIVE APPROACH: Interacting with native
speakers
• EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION: Conciously analysing and
practising the English intonation system
•REALISTIC GOALS:
Functional intelligibility
Functional communicability
Increased self-confidence
Speech monitoring abilities