PPT-4. RHYTHM, PROSODY, TONE, LANGUAGE

MUSIC 318 MINICOURSE ON SPEECH AND SINGING Science of Sound Chapter 16 Springer Handbook of Acoustics Chapter 16 RHYTHM A STRIKING CHARACTERISTIC OF A FOREIGN LANGUAGE IS ITS RHYTHM ENGLISH RUSSIAN ARABIC AND THAI ARE STRESSTIMED LANGUAGES STRESSED SYLLABLES RECUR AT APPROXIMATELY EQUAL INTERVALS SYLLABLES MOST OFTEN END WITH A CONSONANT. Sieb Nooteboom Research Institute for Language and Speech Utrecht University Trans 10 3512 JK UTRECHT Netherlands 1. INTRODUCTION ’ comes from ancient Greek, where it was used for a “ Sociophonetics. : An Introduction. Chapter 6: Prosody. Sections 6.1-6.3. What’s Prosody?. Anything non-segmental in phonology or phonetics, including:. pauses. rate of speech. lexical tone. word stress. Dr. Rachel Mitchell. Dept. of Psychology, Durham Univ.. What is prosody?. Higher order language function:. Paralinguistic. or . pragmatic. phenomenon that accompanies words & can modify or influence meaning . a. nd how to discuss them meaningfully . PowerPoint modified from originals at . http://parkrose.orvsd.org/. , Hill’s 2007 . AP Lit Diction Guide, and . http://exchange.guhsd.net/details.php?object_id=370. Helping you write a better response to an AP prompt. A thesis must…. b. e concise. i. nclude a “why”. be arguable. answer prompt. Body paragraphs. Must be organized organically. Must NOT be organized by device. . 2010 Summer School on Documentary Linguistics in West Africa (Intermediate). July 19-July 31 2010. . What is tone and why work on it. ? (1) . “A language with tone is one in which an indication of pitch enters into the lexical realization of at least some morphemes” (Hyman 2001: 1368). TONE. . Tone . is defined as the writer's or speaker's attitude toward the subject and the audience. Understanding tone in prose and poetry can be challenging because the reader doesn't have voice inflection to obscure or to carry meaning. Thus, an appreciation of word choice, details, imagery, and language all contribute to the understanding of tone. To misinterpret tone is to misinterpret meaning. . MRS. BURHENN. TONE. . Tone . is defined as the writer's or speaker's attitude toward the subject and the audience. Understanding tone in prose and poetry can be challenging because the reader doesn't have voice inflection to obscure or to carry meaning. Thus, an appreciation of word choice, details, imagery, and language all contribute to the understanding of tone. To misinterpret tone is to misinterpret meaning. . p. repared by . Camille . Quamina. What is poetry?. The Eagle. He clasps the crag with crooked hands;. Close to the sun in lonely lands,. Ringed with the azure world, he stands.. The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;. Yesterday, I had a student ask me what the word . prodigious . meant in the article “High Jinks: Shoot Out.” Why did the author say prodigious and not just say smart-and why did he make these kids out to be prodigious when what they are doing is hacking, and that could also be called illegal?. Creating Cadence and Meaning through Syntax. Listen to two songs and as you listen jot in your notebook: . Things you notice (the rhythm differences in each song). T. he effects the music has on you (not just that you don’t like them!). FOCUSED FRIDAYS. Sit quietly. The CLICKER quiz will begin in a minute.. You MUST also write your answers on an opener sheet of paper.. Objectives. 1. Locate the topic sentence in an expository paragraph. Strategies of Performance Revealed in Graphs. Elaine Chew. ELE021 / ELED021 / ELEM021. 6 Feb 2012. Logistics. 2-3 papers/presentations per week. two volunteers for afternoon of Mon, 27 Feb, 2012. Exam questions will be drawn from readings/presentations and assignments. Camille . Quamina. The Verse Line. Line break or line turn: determined by grammar or syntax e.g. breaking the line after clauses. End-stopped: line ends with a punctuation device. Run-on line/enjambment: no acknowledged pause at end of line because the logic or grammatical sense of the line carries over to the next.