Intonation of Sympathy and Reassurances.

If the news is not so good we usually say I’m sorry to hear that with LR or That is the bad luck with FR on is to express sympathy. Reassurances are all those words and expressions that make the other person more comfortable, less worried for example Don’t worry, Never mind, There’s no hurry, It’s quite easy, It only takes a minute, That’s enough with LR. When you are afraid it might hurt smb can say It won’t hurt, if you are afraid it might take a long time It won’t take late or if you want to tell everyone you will not be long: I won’t be long with LR. Very often, reassurances use the word only with HF on it. And in fraise with only there is more than reassurance, there is a bit of impatience, too.

6. Intonation of Yes/No questions.

There are 3 patterns of intonation for general questions: 1) HPr+MR or MWR to make shorter, lightlier; 2 )HSt+Mr or MWR for serious questions; 3) MR on a nuclear word. When we want to ask a person just the same question as he asked the stress can be moved to another word (even to pronoun). Of course, your answer could be short, only auxiliary verb and pronoun with MWR, but it is not the echo-question, which is written in the same way, but sound quite different. When we want to check that smth is as it is assumed, we use FR. When we want to know some more new information about the fact we knew before using the word too we ask question which has 2 separate intonation group. It takes the same intonation as the previous part of the sentence, but of a lower variety. We can use HNR in short questions to express surprise, if we want to win time we use short echo-questions. We use HF for offers, suggestions and invitations. In alternative questions we use MWR+HF. If there is no a pitch then in nuclear part the 1^st tone is HWR. If there is a series of questions all of the same form then the 1^st one rises and the others fall. But even in these cases the rising intonation is often used for every question. It doesn’t really matter.

7. Intonation of Definite Answers to Yes/No Questions.

There are different cases of intonation in definite answers to yes/no questions. When we are not surprised or angry or worried and we simply answer the question we use MF. When we say Yes? or No? with LR we really mean Go on! Tell me more!. If the question irritate us, to show our displeasure, anger, we speak without pauses and we use HF+MF.

8. Intonation of Indefinite Answers to Yes/No Questions.

Often we have difficult situation in our conversation when we don’t want give definite answer. So we use such expressions as I think so, I don’t think so, Not necessarily with FRD. English speaking people often say I think so even when they are absolutely sure or when they mean ‘ Don’t ask me: I’m not an expert’ or ‘ I haven’t really thought about the problem’. If they don’t really Know much about the subject, they use I suppose so or I don’t suppose so. Negative answers generally have the same intonation. But very often instead of FRD with I’m afraid not people use HF on not. If Not stays in the beginning we use High Head+FRD. Many answers like sometimes, generally take the same intonation. But more definite answers like always, never must take a fall. So if the answer shows 0 or 100 or something very near to 0 or 100 the the intonation falls. But if the answer is somewhere in the middle, we use the FR. Probably and Definitely have the same intonation. when we want give answer friendly we use FRD, too. This kind of answer often begins with ‘ Well’ on Mid Level.

9. Giving information: the use of Falling-Rising tone.

Very often one piece of information is more important that the other and the less important information takes rising tone, more important takes fall. When the information is repeated from previous sentence old information takes rise, new information takes fall. Sometimes the new information is right at the beginning of the sentence then we put fall on the new information and rising on the verb. We use this intonation pattern in many sentences beginning with I told you…, He said…, They promised…, I thought… etc. In other words indirect speech sentences with the main verb in one of the past tenses and when they express ideas which are provided to be right. And also we use FRD in sentences, where the subject of the sentences is very important.

10. Giving of information: The use of the Falling tones.

Sometimes we give information in answer to a WH-question, make a remark either just for conversation or to say something important – in all cases the word that carried the most important idea has strong fall. Notice how the noun takes the stress, even though the verb is equally important. Really, of course, both the noun and the verb are new information, but the noun is stressed. Very often we give two pieces of information in the same sentence; for instance a place and time. So in the answer we give equal stress to place and time. But very often, however, one piece of information is more important than the other. In many languages the less important information must go at the beginning of the sentence and the more important at the end. When you express your real feelings you should use HF. If people say when they learn the truth about something, and that truth is different from what they had heard or thought before, in all cases if the idea ‘ I was wrong’ or ‘You were wrong’ we use HPr+LSt+HF.

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