Video 4: intonation

0 While STRESS involves how LONG

or SHORT the particular SYLLABLE

(and WORD) will be in comparison to

the other UNSTRESSED ideas

(either syllables or other words),

PITCH will involve how HIGH or how

LOW the voice will sound.

0 However, not every CONTENT WORD is

of the same level of importance!

0 PICTCH helps to identify the ONE word (or

sometimes more vords) that will be the

most important idea of the entire sentence.

FOCUS WORD

0 The ONE word that will receive the

HIGHEST PITCH is called FOCUS WORD.

0 The FOCUS WORD is generally the last

CONTENT WORD of a SENTENCE (OR

Sometimes even a RHYTMIC UNIT) In English.

0 This is because English typically places the

most important information towards the end

of a sentence or question.

0 Let’s look at some examples: