Understanding Intonation and Rhythm in Speech

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Isochrony, Stress, and Intonation in Speech

Isochrony: It is the postulated rhythmic division of time into equal portions by a language (syllable-timed, stress-timed).

Lexical Stress: This is a property of words.

Rhythmic Stress: Sentence Stress. Rhythmic beat. It varies according to the speaker’s communicative intentions.

These are the systems of choice available to a speaker when deciding on the intonation of a bit of speech (a text).

Intonation Components

  • Tonality (Chunking): How many intonation patterns.
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