PPT-Using prosody and intonation to identify accents:

The role of peak and valley alignment in the Spanish of Córdoba Argentina Jennifer Lang Rigal James Madison University InToSpan I University of Massachusetts Amherst Oct2014 Intonation of C. Mandarin has the most speakers Therefore it is easy to see how understanding differe nt accents can be very difficult as there are so many English accents not only from the UK America and Australia but from all over the world Most native English spe Pronunciation. Spanish is one of the easiest languages in the world to learn. This is because it is very consistent. To see how consistent it is, try these English words first:. Bough. Cough. Dough. b. y Julia Hirschberg. Presented by Elaine Chew. QMUL: ELE021/ELED021/ELEM021. 26 March 2012. Sources. Hirschberg, J. (2012). Lecture notes on Prosody Modeling (draws from Hirschberg, J. (2011). . Interspeech. Lesson 1. Drill 1. Spelling. Artificial. Eleveth. Injection. Committee. Business. Accommodate. Signature. Envelope. Dedicate. Foolish. Reference: English for All Times (EFAT), p. 4.. Don–Don. : Have you been to . • Definition of prosody – Intonation: pitch and boundaries – Timing within intonation phrases–Stress • Intonational phrasing in production: Two factors: • Intonat ABSTRACT Teaching intonation has been one of the most neglected areas in English language teaching at high school or upper secondary school in Japan, which lays major emphasis on reading and writing s To understand character & setting in a story. Key standards. Primary Standard: RL1.1 - Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.. By Hilary . Janysek. What’s the difference?. Intonation: . . (noun) The correct or accurate pitching (placement) of intervals; the capacity to play or sing in tune.. Tuning: . . (verb) to adjust to the correct or given standard of pitch. . Prosody. Sometimes we put some spoken utterances in double quotation marks to distinguish them from the sentences. . In speech, the way we use to say something is very important to make the message clear.. John Corbett: USP-CAPES International Fellow. Session 2: Phonemes and allophones. Today’s session. Review of IPA symbols: transcription test. Phonemes and allophones. Minimal pairs. Variations in sound. Emphasis has higher pitch. I bought a red CAR. I bought a RED car. I bought A red car. I BOUGHT a red car. I bought a red car. Functions of Intonation. Mark kinds of sentences. Question. Statement. Command. Sociophonetics. : An Introduction. Chapter 6: Prosody. Sections 6.4-6.5. Preliminaries of Intonation. Boundaries or Juncture: delimit different kinds of phrases or individual words. Edge Tones: mark higher-level boundaries. ACCENTS IN FRENCH Learning objective: To be able to understand accents: Why we use them How we use them WHAT ARE ACCENTS? * In French, accents are used with the vowels: a, e, i, o, u . Focus in Mandarin has been extensively studied, and the emerging picture is that it is marked by multiple cues. In general, a focused component exhibits expanded pitch range, increased duration and