Intonation

Pitch refers to human perception, whether one perceives sounds as high or low.

• True

• False

Tones operate only over a single word

• True

• False

Tone units always correspond to grammatical clauses

• True

• False

The basic unit of speech melody is the tone unit

• True

• False

The syllables following the nucleus within a tone unit are considered to be the tail of the tone unit.

• True

• False

The tone is placed on the first stressed syllable within a tone unit

• True

• False

The falling tone is the commonest type of nuclear tone.

• True

• False

The functions of intonation are

• Focusing, attitudinal, grammatical, discourse

• phonological, attitudinal, discourse, linguistic

• focusing, attitudinal, linguistic, phonological

(More than one option is possible) Falling tones are used for...

• Yes/No questions

• Wh-questions

• Statements

• Commands

Question tags can have a rising or falling tone withouth a change in meaning.

• True

• False