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Test about Intonation

Question 1 of 6

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What is Intonation?

Select one of the following:

  • Intonation is the melody of the speech.

  • Intonation is the division if spoken material into chunks.

  • Intonation is the combiantion of loudness, pitch and duration.

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Question 2 of 6

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Intonation is...

Select one of the following:

  • Universal

  • Language-specific

  • Partly universal but also partly language-specific.

Explanation

Question 3 of 6

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When talking, the speaker...

Select one of the following:

  • First has to decide the tonicity, the tonality and last of all the tone.

  • First has to decide the tonality, the tonicity and last of all the tone.

  • First has to decide the tone, the tonality and last of all the tonicity.

Explanation

Question 4 of 6

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The function of English intonation that helps to show what information in a utterance is new and what is already know is...

Select one of the following:

  • The grammatical function

  • The focusing function

  • The indexical function

Explanation

Question 5 of 6

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What is tonality?

Select one of the following:

  • The division of the spoken material into chunks.

  • The words on which the speaker focuses the hearer's attention.

  • The pitch movement the speaker is going to associate with tonicity.

Explanation

Question 6 of 6

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The pitch, loudness and speed combined with silence are...

Select one of the following:

  • The stress.

  • The tone.

  • The rhythm of the speech.

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