Questions expressing a request to repeat a previously made statement
LESSON EIGHT
The Use of the Rising Tone
The rising tone is used in:
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General questions
Do you often go to the theatre? [ 'du: ju 'ɒfn 'gəu tə ðə θɪətə‖]_______________
General questions containing two homogeneous parts (predicates)
Do you give English lessons and take German lessons?_______________________
[ 'du: ju 'gɪv ɪŋglɪʃ lesnz|ənd 'teɪk ʤɜːmən lesnz‖]
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Disjunctive questions
The sequence RISE+FALL is used when the statement expressed in the first sense-group is made in a less categoric form; the speaker is less sure of his words. The falling tone of the final sense-group shows that the speaker is quite confident that his listener will not contradict. _______________________________
You’d like to speak to him, wouldn’t you?
[ jud 'laɪk tə spi:k tu: hɪm| wudnt ju‖] _____________________________
The sequence FALL+RISE is used when the remark made by the speaker is expressed in the non-final sense-group. The rising tone of the final sense-group shows that the speaker is not sure that his remark is correct; he is asking for the listener’s opinion.
They were just in time, weren’t they? __________________________
[ðeɪ wə 'ʤʌst ɪn taɪm | wɜːnt ðeɪ‖]
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The sequence RISE+RISE may also be used. The rising tone in the non-final sense-group shows that the remark is made by the speaker in a hesitant manner. The rising tone of the final sense-group shows that the speaker seeks the listener’s assurance that his remark is correct. The second sense-group is pronounced on a higher pitch level.
There isn’t a bus along this road, is there? _________________________
[ðər 'ɪznt ə bʌs ə'lɒŋ ðɪs rəud | ɪz ðɛə‖]
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Alternative questions
The sequence RISE+FALL is used as a rule.
Is this expression used in actual speech or is it only a bookish expression?
[ 'ɪz ðɪs ɪk'spreʃ(ə)n 'ju:zd ɪn ækʧuəl spiːʧ | ɔr 'ɪz ɪt 'əunlɪ ə bukɪʃ ɪkspreʃ(ə)n ‖] _____________________________________
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Requests _________
Stop talking! [ 'stɒp tɔːkŋ ‖] ________
Requests containing two or more s ense-groups
Will you give me the book you’ve just finished reading? (RISE+RISE)
[ 'wɪl ju 'gɪv mi ðə buk| juv 'ʤʌst 'fɪnɪʃt ri:dɪŋ‖]
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Insistent requests combined with the question-tag WILL YOU (FALL+RISE)
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Say it again two or three times, will you?
['seɪ ɪt ə'geɪn 'tu: ɔ 'θriː taɪmz | wɪl ju ‖] __________________________
Non-categoric statements, or sentences in which something is implied (doubt, uncertainty, hesitation) ___________________________________
It isn’t so bad.[ ɪt 'ɪzn’t səu bæd‖]
I think he is busy. [ aɪ 'θɪŋk hi ɪz bɪzɪ‖] _________________________________
Greetings pronounced on parting ____________ _____________
Good afternoon. ['gud ˌa:ftə nu:n‖]
Good-bye. [ 'gud i:vnɪŋ ‖] ___________ ___________
On leave-taking the word good is usually stressed and pronounced with a slight rise within it.
7. Special questions expressing a) a friendly interest in the hearer, b) forming a series as in a questionnaire [ˌkwesʧə'nɛə], c) implying a mild reproach ____________________
a)Where do you study English?[ 'wɛə du ju 'stʌdɪ ɪŋglɪʃ‖]
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b)What is your name? [ 'wɒt ɪz jə neɪm ‖] ________ ________________
What’s your nationality?[ 'wɒt ɪz jə ˌnæʃ(ə) nælətɪ‖] ________________
c)What have you done? ['wɒt həv ju dʌn‖] __________
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Questions expressing a request to repeat a previously made statement
What’s the time? [ wɒ ts ðə taɪm‖] Where do you live? [ wɛə du ju lɪv ‖]
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Echoing questions ___________
What have I done? ['wɒt həv aɪ dʌn‖] _________
Parts of enumeration
A categoric statement containing enumeration is a long sentence with a number of homogeneous [ˌhɔmə'ʤiːnɪəs] (однородный) parts each of which forms a separate sense group and where the sequence fall+rise+rise+rise+fall is used.
This is my family: my wife, my son, my daughter and I.
['ðɪs ɪz maɪ fæm(ə)lɪ | maɪ waɪf | maɪ sʌn | maɪ dɔːtə | ənd aɪ ‖ ]
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