Stry of higher and secondary specialized education of the republic of uzbekistan state university of world languages

Statements.

1) Categorical Statements

These are statements that convey information in a categorical way. They take

a Low/ or a High Wide Fall, e.g.:

He arrived at ten

2.Quizzical or Impatient Statements

These are statements in which there is a suggestion of impatience, or

mockery, or challenge, or protest and so on.

Sometimes they sound impressed, awed, complacent or self satisfied. They

usually take a Rise – Fall. E.g.:

She posted the 'letter '"yesterday (and you say she hasn't written it).

3)Perfunctory Statements

These are statements which convey the speaker's perfunctory, casual attitude

towards the subject matter). They are characterized by a Low – Rise :

I'll xwait, for him.

4)Implicatory Statements

These are statements in which the speaker wants the hearer to understand

something which the words themselves do, not express. They take a Fall-Rise and

a Mid-Rise.E.g.:

I've Anever ""met, them /but I've heard of them. She is a/good girl / probably

she is/.

5) Insinuating Statements.

These kind of statements take a Rise-Fall-Rise. This tone makes the statements

implicatory and at the same time it sounds optimistic and pleasant.

He'll '"come Asoon.

Russian phonetics Antipova A.A. suggested the followings about statements1:

Statements are most widely used with the Low (Medium) Fall preceded by the

Falling Head or the High (Medium) Level Head. In al l these cases they are final,

complete and definite. E.g.:

It's difficult. (No Head)

I Awanted to 'go there immediately. (F.H + L. F.) It was not so xeasy. (H. L H.)

In emphatic speech these pre-nuclear pitch sections are usually associated

with the High Fall. In these cases statements sound categorical, concerned and weighty.

1 А. М. Антипова. Система английской речевой интонации. М., Высшая школа 1979.p. 53.

 If the statement is intended to be soothing or encouraging the last stressed

syllable is pronounced either with the Low Rise or the Mid-Level nuclear tones

usually preceded by the Falling or the High (Medium) Level Heads, e.g. It's ~»all >right.

Statements are also used with the low rising tone when they are intended as questions, e.g.

You /like it?

 If the statement is a grumble it is pronounced with Low Head + Low Fall, e.g.:

I _> didn't ex'pect to 'see you xhere.

Imperatives fall into three classes: Command, Requests and Warnings.