Intonation
12 Questions
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The head of a tone unit can contain both stressed and unstressed syllables.
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True
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False
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- 2.
There is only one tone unit in one sentence.
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True
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False
Correct Answer
A. False -
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The nucleus can be placed at any stressed syllable.
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True
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False
Correct Answer
A. True -
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In the glide down, unstressed syllables in the tail are lower than the nucleus
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True
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False
Correct Answer
A. True -
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In the glide down, unstressed syllables in the tail are at the same pitch level as the nucleus
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True
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False
Correct Answer
A. False -
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In the glide up, unstressed syllables in the tail are as low as the nucleus
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True
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False
Correct Answer
A. False -
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In the glide down, all the stressed syllables before the nucleus are at the same pitch level
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True
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False
Correct Answer
A. False -
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The tail of a tone unit contains only unstressed syllables.
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True
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False
Correct Answer
A. False -
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In the glide up, the tonic syllable is very low.
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True
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False
Correct Answer
A. True -
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In the glide up, stressed syllables in the tail are always higher than unstressed syllables.
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True
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False
Correct Answer
A. False -
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We always use the glide down for statements
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True
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False
Correct Answer
A. False -
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We use the glide up for tag questions if we want the other person to agree with us
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True
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False
Correct Answer
A. False -
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