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1、英语语调的意义(ThemeaningofEnglishintonation)ThemeaningofEnglishintonationSubtitle:Author:sarticlesource:sclicks:updatetime:2004-12-12Tone(intonation),namelyaccent,isawordinthetone(pitch)andtheseverityofthechangelevelofiambicpreparation.Theworldisnotalanguagespeakwithasinglevoice,forex
2、ample,therearefivebasictypesofintonation:Englishintonation(),tone(),(a),the(V)toneandfallingtone(,)・Inaword,inadditiontothewordmeaning(lexical,meaning),thereisalsothemeaningofintonation(intonation,meaning)・Thewordmeaningisthemeaningofthewordsinthewords,andtheintonationmeaningist
3、heattitudeortoneexpressedbythespeaker・Awordmeaningplusaintonationmeaningisacompletemeaning.Thesamesentenee,differentintonation,meaningwillbedifferent,sometimeseventhousandsofmiles・Pleaseseethefollowingexample:(2)A:Jean,can,you,bring,me,the,newspaper,?B:Sorry?()Jeanusetherisingof
4、/zSorryz，,whichmeansdidn，thearyou.Couldyousaythatagain,please?"Let'slookatthenextsentence:(2)A:Jean,can,you,bring,me,the,newspaper,?B:Sorry.()Inthedialogue,2)Jeanshouldsay"Sorry",itsmeaningisapparentlyrefusedtohelporincapableofaction.KennethL・Pike,afamousAmericanlinguist,thinks:
5、Absoluteadjustmentonesyllableisnotimportant,butasyllablewiththeadditionofarelativeheightisveryimportant・TherearefourlevelsofEnglishthatcandistinguishmeaningsfromheights:1)high(extra),whichistwohigherthanthenormaltone,isoftenusedwhenfeelingsareparticularlyexcitingorsurprising・sen
6、tenceortheintonationofthedeclarativesentence"・Becauseinterrogativeanddeclarativesentencescanbeusedinvariousintonationpatterns・Therefore,forourEnglishlearnersinChina,itisimportanttounderstandsomeattitudeortoneexpressedbyacertaintypeofexpression.Infact,whetherinreallifeorinexamina
7、tions,ourstudentsoftenfailtodeterminethespeaker'sattitudes,feelings,tone,andintentionsbecauseofthelackofknowledgeaboutthem・However,thisisamorecomplicatedproblem・Thisarticlewillillustratetheproblemfromtwoaspectsthroughspecificexamples:I.themeaningoftheabsoluteelevationandrelative
8、heightsofthetonesinasentenceItiswellknownthatwh
