INTONATION AND ITS TYPES
Keywords:
Key words. Names, terms and descriptions, functions of intonation and tones, intonation and sentence types, normal speech range, tones in sense groupsAbstract
Abstract. In this material, we offer a simplified description of intonation and tones American English for those who are studying them on their own. The following tones are briefly described in this material: falling tone, rising tone; fall-rise; high fall, low fall; high rise, mid-level rise, low rise.
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