Phonetics is a branch of linguistics that studies how humans produce and perceive sounds, or in the case of sign languages, the equivalent aspects of sign. Phoneticians—linguists who specialize in phonetics—study the physical properties of speech.
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[preti]
[priti]
[pritu]
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Wide and narrow
Fall, rise, fall-rise, rise-fall
High, mid, low
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[sain]
[sin]
[sign]
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Polite
Implicatory
Straightforward
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[sil]
[sail]
[sill]
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Loudness of the voice
Tonal coloring of the speaker's voice
Speed of speech
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A rhythmic group
An intonation group
A phrase
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The degree of its semantic independence and completeness
The position of the terminal tone
The communicative type of the utterance
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With an unstressed syllable
With the last stressed one
With the first stressed syllable
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Apologetic flavour
Mystification, persuasiveness
Surprise
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Periodic recurrence of rhythmic units
Speed of speaking
Relative degree of prominence
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[limb]
[lim]
[laimb]
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Nuclear tone
Tail
Pre-head
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Unextended
Complex
Divided
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Variations of the pitch of the voice
A time break between phonetic pieces
Periodic recurrence of units of different size and level
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[pint]
[pin]
[paint]
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Level
Falling
Rising
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Less prominent than the second
As prominent as the second
More prominent than the second
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Diffuse
One-peak
Sliding
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Highlighting
Telling
Referring
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Low Key
High Key
Level
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Emphatic Tones
Irregular Prehead
Nuclear Shift
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No, I HIRED a motorbike.
No, I hired a MOTORBIKE.
No, I HIRED A MOTORBIKE.
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Descending, ascending, level
Stepping, sliding, scandеnt
One-peak, double-peak, several-peak
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Scandent
Level
Stepping
Sliding
Descending
Ascending
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Insistence, energy, dogmatism
Contrast
Surprise, incredulity
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Insistence, energy, dogmatism
A sense of contrast
Apologetic flavour
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Highlighting
Telling
Referring
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Sliding
Level
Ascending
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Nuclear tone
Head / Scale
Pre-head
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Falling
Rising
Fall-rise
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Emphatic Tones
Irregular Prehead
Nuclear Shift
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No, I HIRED a motorbike.
No, I hired a MOTORBIKE
No, I HIRED A MOTORBIKE.
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Highlighting
Telling
Referring
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Falling
Rising
Fall-rise
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Emphatic Tones
Irregular Prehead
Nuclear Shift
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Descending, ascending, level
Stepping, sliding, scandеnt
One-peak, double-peak, several-peak
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Nuclear tone
Head / Scale
Pre-head
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Nuclear tone
Head / Scale
Pre-head
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Descending
Ascending
Stepping
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Apologetic flavour
Surprise, incredulity
Contrast
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Low Key
High Key
Level
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A straight forward meaning
An implicatory meaning
A friendly meaning
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Descending, ascending, level
Stepping, sliding, scandеnt
One-peak, double-peak, several-peak
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Sliding
Level
Stepping
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Descending
Sliding
Stepping
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Mystification, persuasiveness
Apologetic flavour
Insistence, energy, dogmatism
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