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Types of Pre-Heads
A low pre-head consists of unstressed syllables pronounced at a low pitch, or gradually ascending in pitch towards the head or the nucleus: e.g. But you’ll be "home in "time for ¤dinner?||
A high pre-head consists of unstressed syllables pronounced on a high pitch. A high pre-head gives to the utterance an extremely emotional character and may be regarded as a feature of emphatic speech. e. g. çHow °can you be so %obstinate?||
The System of Scales The Scale is a phonetic unit that begins with the head group and extends to the terminal tone. Scales can be classified as follows: 1) According to the arrangement of unstressed syllables within stress-tone groups can be: • Stepping e.g. Our"classes be"gin at "three o’°clock.|| • Sliding e.g. Our Ìclasses beÌgin at Ìthree o’°clock.|| • Scandent e.g. Our Ëclasses beËgin at Ëthree o’°clock.|| 2) According to the direction of the pitch movement the scales can be classified as: • The Descending Scale (Stepping, Sliding, Scandent) e.g. He"promised to "be in°time.|| HeÌpromised toÌbe in°time.|| HeÍpromised to Íbe in°time.|| •The Ascending Scale (Stepping, Sliding, Scandent) e.g. He%promised to %be in°time.|| HeÌpromised toÌbe in°time.|| HeÍpromised to Íbe in°time.|| • The Level Scale (Low, Mid, High) e.g. He%promised to %come in°time.|| He%promised to"come in °time.|| He"promised to"come in°time.|| 3) According to the regularity of their pitch movements scales can be: • Regular • Broken e.g. He"promised to"come in ↑half an °hour.|| HeÌpromised toÌcome in ↑half an °hour.|| The function of the scale lies in the fact that it helps to convey different emotions. We can call this function attitudinal.
Scales in Detail
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