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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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rising and falling intonation

hello, i want an answer for the rising and falling intonation in a non complex manner please.

When do we use the rising tone and the falling tone?
  

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1- Statements end in a falling tone, which signals the end of an utterance. 2- Rising tone is used at the end of 'Yes/No' questions, while a falling tone is used at the end of 'Who/What/Where/When/Why/How' questions. 3- Tonal changes are used irregularly throughout speech to identify word groups set pace and stress, indicate emotion,etc.

— Mister Micawber

  • 1- Statements end in a falling tone, which signals the end of an utterance.
  • 2- Rising tone is used at the end of 'Yes/No' questions, while a falling tone is used at the end of 'Who/What/Where/When/Why/How' questions.
  • 3- Tonal changes are used irregularly throughout speech to identify word groups set pace and stress, indicate emotion,etc.
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1- Statements end in a falling tone, which signals the end of an utterance.
2- Rising tone is used at the end of 'Yes/No' questions, while a falling tone is used at the end of 'Who/What/Where/When/Why/How' questions.
3- Tonal changes are used irregularly throughout speech to identify word groups set pace and stress, indicate emotion,etc.
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statement -falling intonation .. yes/no question : rising intonation...wh-question: falling intonation..command:falling intonation...

request: rising intonation; good practice - record yourself immitating a real English native speakersdialogue, pay attention to the main words ( stressed words) ant to the pitches ( rising/falling tone) . Compare them. Do this practice till you get yo
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if the tone or voice of one human being is grater to lower
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when using a rising intonation the questions is answerable by yes or no for example are you ok?
then when using a falling intonation is not answerble by yes or no for example what is your name?
and you can also use in polite and friendly sentence...
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when asking questions beginning with WH & How
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what is example of falling intonation??Emotion: smile
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Anonymouswhat is example of falling intonation??
Imagine that you are standing near train tracks. A train comes by at full speed. As the train passes, the horn sounds loudly. As the train races away from you, the horn produces "falling intonation"!
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ex.

the corpenter hammered quietly and patiently. falling intonation your voice is falling down.
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when is it rising intonation that can be answerable by yes or no but if it is a falling intonation that should be a sentence
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