COMPONENTS OF INTONATION AND THE STRUCTURE OF ENGLISH INTONATION GROUP

  Дилбар Холжигитова (Ташкент, Узбекистан) |    Скачать статью

Let us consider the components of intonation. In the pitch component we may consider the distinct variations in the direction of pitch, pitch level and pitch range. According to R. Kingdon the most important nuclear tones in English are: Low Fall, High Fall, Low Rise, High Rise, and Fall-Rise. (see Appendix 1)