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.

Partly universal but also partly language-specific.

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.

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What is Intonation?

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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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Intonation is...

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Universal
Language-specific
Partly universal but also partly language-specific.

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When talking, the speaker...

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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.

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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...

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The grammatical function
The focusing function
The indexical function

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What is tonality?

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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.

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

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The stress.
The tone.
The rhythm of the speech.

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