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What rhythm does Japanese follow?
Mora-timed rhythm
True or False: In English, intonation plays a crucial role in conveying grammatical meaning.
True.
Which intonation pattern is typically used for expressing doubt, uncertainty, or politeness in English?
A rising tone.
When does tone concord happen? (mention at least 2 cases)
Non-defining appositions, parallel strucures, info presented in two IPs, adding info using "too" at the end, synonyms for emphasis.
Why do event sentences have a narrow focus when the verb at the end carries new information? ("What happened?"/"The phone's ringing")
Because the information in the verb is fairly predictable, so the nucleus is on the subject (unless it's a pronoun). + we tend to put the nucleus on nouns.
Which words would you stress in the following IP: Who did you bump into?
Who - bump - into
Why do demonstratives in final position usually carry the nucleus? ("Look at this")
Because they tend to convey new information.
True or false: It is possible to have a sentence made up only of function words.
True - "How are you?"
True or False: In English, a stressed syllable is always pronounced with a higher pitch than unstressed syllables within the same word.
False: The pitch of a stressed syllable can vary depending on factors such as intonation, emphasis, or the overall context of the sentence.
True or False: In English, word stress can help distinguish between different meanings of homographs.
True - Record (V) vs Record (N)
True or False: In English, sentence stress always falls on content words rather than function words.
False - While content words are often stressed in English, there are cases where function words can also receive stress for emphasis or contrast.
True or False: English speakers use rising intonation for statements when they want to express surprise or disbelief.
True.
Why do items in a list have a rising intonation?
To convey a sense of continuation and indicate that the list is not yet complete.
What part of speech is the word "whatever" in the sentence "You can do whatever you like."
Aa pronoun
When can old information be reaccented?
For contrast, or to imply it has been overlooked.
What are the two meanings typically associated with the rise-fall?
It shows the speaker is impressed, or it shows challenge/disapproval.
