What time did you
call?
This intonation - marking system is based on K.L. Pike's2
interesting work and is used by Ch. C. Fries3 and other American
linguists. According to C.H. Prator, Jr. K.L. Pike's intonation -
marking system is the most teachable one devised up till now be
cause o f its clarity and simplicity but its chief weakness is that, it
may give students the impression that English intonation is much
less flexible than is really the case.
Our graphical representation marks indicated the boundary
o f sense-groups or pauses. Two vertical strokes ( I I ) denote a long
pause, which usually occurs at the end o f a sentence. A single ver
tical stroke (/) denotes a short pause inside a sentence. A vertical
wavy line (
I
) denotes a pause that is extremely short, impercep
tible, or does not exist at all but is possible and therefore non-
obligatory.
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