Play a Tune with Intonation

1. Play a Tune with Intonation The central mechanism for conveying meaning and attitude

2. Ma Ma Ma Ma Oh Oh Oh Oh Chinese and Englishboth use “tones”

3. Listen for tone changes and corresponding changes in meaning • Oh - indifference • Oh – complicity • Oh – “I didn’t know that!” • Oh - Frustration • Oh – mild surprise • Oh - Shock and disbelief

4. Cook p. 19-21 • Kazoo the sounds and then practice the words, phrases, and sentences. • Concentrate on changing the pitch.

5. Intonation indicates, similarly to emphasis: • Meaning • New information • Contrast • Emotion

6. Meaning • Is this your car? • Is this your car? • Is this your car?

7. New Information • Brazil, on the other hand, • The new Fed Chair, Ben Bernanke, is expected to speak with less economic jargon than Greenspan.

8. Contrast • I have good news and bad news. • First, the good news.

9. Emotion • I can’t believe it! • I loved that movie! • The trip was a nightmare!

10. Hum, kazoo, or da da da the sentences to hear the music Is this your car? Is this your car? Is this your car?

11. Valentine’s Day • Her boyfriend almost never sends her flowers, but mine does. • Her boyfriend almost never sends her flowers, but her sisters always do.

12. Her boyfriend almost never sends her flowers, but every once in a while he does. • Her boyfriend almost never sends her flowers, no matter what! • Her boyfriend almost never sends her flowers, but he planted a lot in her garden.

13. Her boyfriend almost never sends her flowers, but he never forgets Mother’s Day! • Her boyfriend almost never sends her flowers, but he showers her with other gifts.

14. Quiz: Which one indicates that the boyfriend… • Prefers live plants to cut ones. • Gives her non-floral presents • Is good in the flower department • Remembers to send flowers to his mother

15. Which indicates that… • Her sisters are more attentive to her needs • It is a true rarity for her boyfriend to send flowers. • There is actually a slim chance that he might send flowers.

16. Which words get the higher pitch? • The Pentagon, readying for what it calls a "long war," • yesterday laid out a new 20-year defense strategy that envisions U.S. troops

17. deployed often clandestinely, • in dozens of countries at once • to fight terrorism and other nontraditional threats. • Major initiatives include • a 15 percent boost in the number of elite U.S. troops • known as Special Operations Forces,

18. a near-doubling of the capacity • of unmanned aerial drones • to gather intelligence, • a $1.5 billion investment • to counter a biological attack, • and the creation of special teams • to find, track and defuse nuclear bombs and other catastrophic weapons.

19. Listen for Intonation Patterns • Jump Up Step Down • Jump Up Glide Down • Jump Up Glide Up • Emphasis pattern • Series

20. Experiment with different patterns and different emotions for the same text • Wilma Rudolph was 20th in a family of 22 children. Born prematurely, her survival was doubtful. At 4 years of age she contracted scarlet fever and double pneumonia, leaving her with a paralyzed leg. #1

21. By age 9, the metal leg brace, upon which she had become dependent was removed and she began to walk without it. The doctors were amazed when, at age 13, she developed a rhythmic walk. Having been told she would never walk again, this little girl went on to win three Olympic gold metals.

22. Ronald Reagan was beyond the age at which most Americans retire when he ran for the presidency in 1980. At age 69, he conducted a vigorous campaign, never passed up the chance to defuse the issue of his age with humor. #2

23. On one occasion, he remarked, “I want to say that I don’t mind at all any of the jokes or remarks about my age. Thomas Jefferson made a comment about the Presidency and age. He said that one should not worry about one’s exact chronological age

24. In reference to his ability to perform one’s task. And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.”

25. Liaisons (Linking) • Study your language to devise a strategy to help you link like Americans.

26. Chinese • Chinese words and parts of words start with consonants and end with a vowel or n or ng sound. There is no such thing as a final t, l, or b in Chinese. • Mao Tse Tung

27. Problems carried over to English • No word endings • No word connections • No distinction between final voiced and unvoiced consonants.

28. Written English Tell him Pull it out Chinese Accent Teo him Puw ih aw American and Chinese are the same! American Speech • Tellim • Pü li dout

29. Ice Beat Late Note Life Bait Lock Seat Peace Eyes Bead Laid Node Live Bade Log Seed Peas Lengthen to voice the consonants

30. Goal Speak with sound units rather than word units. Disregard spelling! Go with the way people speak

31. Create casual conversations with these common phrases

32. Forget about spelling! • Wəcher name? • Kænt chew do (w) it? • æk chully • Don’t chew lye kit • Wooden chew • Hæven chew? Nou, nä chet. • I’ll letcha know • K’näi getchewə drink? Hint: T + Y = CH

33. D + Y = J • Didjəsee (y) it? • Hæo jəlye kit? • Küjətell? • Wəjer fæmlee think? • Didjə find jər keez? • Edjəcation • Indəvijə(w)el • Græjə(w)ation • Græjə (w) əl

34. S + Y = SH • Yeshu are • Inshurance • æl tryd gesheirage

35. Z+ Y = ZH • hæo wəzhier trip? • Hoozhier frend? • Wεrzh’r mäm? • Wensh’r brthday • Hoo dəzhier hεr? • Kæ zhyə(w)əl • vi zhyə(w)əl

36. Colloquial reductions • I’ve gotta go • I’ve gotta book • Lemme in • Lemme go • Wanna banana? • I’ll letcha know.

37. Dija do it? • Nä chet. • I’ll meechu layder • Whaddyu think? • Whajoo do with it? • Howja like it? • When ju geddit? • Why don chu try it? • Whaddaya waitin’ for?

38. Howzit going? • Whatcha doin’? • Where’s the whatchamacallit? • Where’s whatsizname? • How ‘bout it? • Doancha geddit?

39. Tags For questions, the intonation rises, doesn’t it? For confirmation, the intonation drops, doesn’t it.

40. Didee? Duzzy? Wuzzy? Hazzy? Izzy? Willy? Woody? Cüjoo? Wüjoo? Canny? Wooden chew? Shühn näi? Woe knee? Didn knee? Has a knee? Is a knee? Is a nit? Duzza nit? Are näi? Wone chew? Done chew? Can chew?

41. Final Sentence • The dime. • The dime easier • They tell me the dime easier • They tell me the dime easier to understand • They tell me that I’m easier to understand.