tion of English intonation. According to this system dots and
dashes denote approximately unstressed and stressed pitch levels,
while curves indicate rising and falling intonations placed above
each syllable of a phonetic transcription, e. g.
They have a 'jally little boat on the river.
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Are you 'quite' sure? Don't be frightened.
R. Kingdon's tonetic stress-mark system shows the stress
marks and pitch levels simultenously. This system is based on H.
Palmer's tonetic notation according to which it is possible to dis
tinguish five nuclear tones, intensification, tails, heads and six
tone patterns and their varieties.
Modern English possesses the following five nuclear tones:
Two falling tones:
High-falling / "4 /
Low-falling / > /
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