This document discusses prosodic features of speech, including volume, projection, pitch, stress, intonation, and juncture. Volume refers to loudness, projection is strength in speaking, pitch is highness or lowness of tone, and stress is emphasis on syllables. Intonation is variation in pitch used to express emotion. Juncture involves pauses of varying lengths that are indicated with symbols like single or double bars and double crosses.

1. PROSODIC
FEATURES OF
SPEECH

2. PROSODIC FEATURES
•Deals with the
auditory qualities
of a speech

3. VOLUME
•Loudness or softness
of sounds
•Used to show
emotions

4. PROJECTION
• Strength in speaking or singing
where the voice is used loudly
and clearly.
• Technique employed to
command respect and attention

5. PITCH
•Highness or
lowness of a
tone

6. STRESS
•Degree of force
with which a
syllable or word is
pronounced

7. •Longer in duration
•Higher in pitch
•Louder in volume

8. INTONATION
•Variation of spoken pitch
•Used to express emotion,
and for emphasizing
something

9. JUNCTURE
•A pause or slight
delay in a
continuous flow of
speech

10. 3 SYMBOLS OF JUNCTURE
1.Single bar juncture (/) - slight pause
2.Double bar juncture (//) – longer
pause
3.Double cross juncture (#) -

11. SINGLE BAR JUNCTURE (/)
• One / who gets irritated easily / is
unhappy.
• My teacher said / the doctor is
pregnant.
• My teacher / said the doctor / is
pregnant.

12. DOUBLE BAR JUNCTURE (//)
• Dr. Jose Rizal // our national
hero // was born on June 19,
1861.
• Mr. Ronald Pascual // the
singing professor // teaches
English

13. DOUBLE CROSS JUNCTURE (#)
• A vision without action is a
daydream; # an action without
vision is a nightmare.
• Study your lesson; #otherwise#
I’ll fail you.