English Rhythm and Intonation

PHONETICS

PHONETICS

XTA-23-CU
group student Sirojiddinova Zebo

Stress and speech rhythm in English

Review of Terminology

• Stress
• The linguistic means of making a syllable more “prominent”

Review of Terminology

• Stress
• The linguistic means of making a syllable more “prominent”
• This is done by changing the
• ________
• ________
• ________

of the vowel in the stressed syllable

Review of Terminology

• Stress
• The linguistic means of making a syllable more “prominent”
• This is done by changing the
• Pitch
• Length
• Volume

of the vowel in the stressed syllable

Review of Terminology

• Rhythm
• *At the phrase or sentence level*
• Patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables that create the “music” or “melody” of a language

Review of Terminology

• Rhythm
• *At the phrase or sentence level*
• Patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables that create the “music” or “melody” of a language
• The workers are going on strike tomorrow.

Review of Terminology

• Rhythm
• *At the phrase or sentence level*
• Patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables that create the “music” or “melody” of a language
• The WORkers are GOing on STRIKE toMORrow.

_  _ _  _ _  _  _

Review of Terminology

• Rhythm
• The WORkers are GOing on STRIKE toMORrow.

_  _ _  _ _  _  _

** When determining the rhythm of an English utterance, look first for the content words—they are usually the words that will contain the “beats” in the rhythm. **