intonation
noun
uk/ˌɪn.təˈneɪ.ʃən/us/ˌɪn.təˈneɪ.ʃən/[CorU]
thesoundchangesproducedby theriseandfallof thevoicewhenspeaking,especiallywhen this has aneffecton themeaningof what is said:
(尤指对话语意义有影响的)语调,声调The end of asentencethat is not aquestionis usuallymarkedbyfallingintonation.非疑问句的句尾通常用降调。
[U]
thedegreeto which thenotesof apieceofmusicareplayedorsungexactlyintune:
(演奏或歌唱时音符的)音准Theviolinisthad good intonation, and awonderfulpuretone.这位小提琴演奏家对音准把握得很好,音色也很纯。
Ways of speaking
- accented
- accentuation
- bray
- cacoepy
- cut glass
- dialectal
- drawl
- elocution
- enunciate
- flap
- fluent
- jawbreaker
- plummy
- pragmatics
- pronunciation
- prosodic
- prosody
- signer
- sociolect
- toned
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Grammar
Intonation
Intonation describes how the voice rises and falls in speech. The three main patterns of intonation in English are: falling intonation, rising intonation and fall-rise intonation.…Falling intonation
Falling intonation describes how the voice falls on the final stressed syllable of a phrase or a group of words. A falling intonation is very common in wh-questions.…Rising intonation
Rising intonation describes how the voice rises at the end of a sentence. Rising intonation is common in yes-no questions:…Fall-rise intonation
Fall-rise intonation describes how the voice falls and then rises. We use fall-rise intonation at the end of statements when we want to say that we are not sure, or when we may have more to add:…