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1、英語語調(diào)的(Englishintonation)F9aThemeaningofEnglishintonationTone(intonation),namelyaccent,isawordinthetone(pitch)andtheseverityofthechangelevelofiambicpreparation.Theworldisnotalanguagespeakwithasinglevoice,forexample,therearefivebasictypesofintonation:Englishintonation(),tone(),(a),the(V)toneandfalling
2、tone(,).Inaword,inadditiontothewordmeaning(lexical,meaning),thereisalsothemeaningofintonation(intonation,meaning).Thewordmeaningisthemeaningofthewordsinthewords,andtheintonationmeaningistheattitudeortoneexpressedbythespeaker.Awordmeaningplusaintonationmeaningisacompletemeaning.Thesamesentence,differ
3、entintonation,meaningwillbedifferent,sometimeseventhousandsofmiles.Pleaseseethefollowingexample:,(2)A:Jean,can,you,bring,me,the,newspaper,?,B:Sorry?(),Jeanusetherisingof"Sorry",whichmeans"Ididn'thearyou.Couldyousaythatagain,please?",Let'slookatthenextsentence:,(2)A:Jean,can,you,bring,me,the,newspape
4、r,?,B:Sorry.(),Inthedialogue,2)Jeanshouldsay"Sorry",itsmeaningisapparentlyrefusedtohelporincapableofaction.,KennethL.Pike,afamousAmericanlinguist,thinks:,Absoluteadjustmentonesyllableisnotimportant,butasyllablewiththeadditionofarelativeheightisveryimportant.SpokenEnglishmaterialsTherearefourlevelsof
5、Englishthatcandistinguishmeaningsfromheights:,1)high(extra),whichistwohigherthanthenormaltone,isoftenusedwhenfeelingsareparticularlyexcitingorsurprising.,2)highsounding(high),whichishigherthanthenormaltone,isgenerallyusedasakeyaccentinasentence.,3)mid,thatis,thenormalheightofthespeaker'svoice.,4)low
6、-key(low),thatis,lowerthanthenormaltone,,Thegeneralisthelowestpointinthe.,Shouldbeinaccordancewiththespeaker'sattitudetointonationpatterns,andnotinaccordancewiththesyntacticstructureto.Thereisnointonationoftheinterrogativesentenceortheintonationofthedeclarativesentence".Becauseinterrogativeanddeclar
7、ativesentencescanbeusedinvariousintonationpatterns.,Therefore,forourEnglishlearnersinChina,itisimportanttounderstandsomeattitudeortoneexpressedbyacertaintypeofexpression.Infact,whetherinreallifeorinex