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intonationIn phonetics, the melodic pattern of an utterance. Intonation is primarily a matter of variation in the pitch level of the voice (see tone), but in languages such as English, stress and rhythm are also involved. Intonation conveys differences of expressive meaning (e.g., surprise, doubtfulness). In many languages, including English, intonation serves a grammatical function, distinguishing one type of phrase or sentence from another. Thus, “it's gone” is an assertion when spoken with a drop in pitch at the end, but a question when spoken with a rise in pitch at the end. |
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| She bows her head when she lowers her pitch at the end of an intonational contour, as is the case at the end of this part of "Toe'osh. Moreover, a distinct type of brain-wave response occurs within a fraction of a second after the conclusion of each intonational phrase in a sentence, the investigators find. These are twisted versions of the language of the master, alienating the syntactical "eloquence" and intonational "elegance" through which "standard" English naturalizes itself as a national cultural norm. |
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