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PRONUNCIATION OF INTONATION CONTOUR

intonation contour  [ˌɪntəˈneɪʃən ˈkɒntʊə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INTONATION CONTOUR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Intonation contour is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INTONATION CONTOUR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Prosodic unit

In linguistics, a prosodic unit, often called an intonation unit or intonational phrase, is a segment of speech that occurs with a single prosodic contour. The abbreviation IU is used and therefore the full form is often found as intonation unit, despite the fact that technically it is a unit of prosody rather than intonation, which is only one element of prosody. Prosodic units occur at a hierarchy of levels, from the metrical foot and phonological word to a complete utterance. However, the term is generally restricted to intermediate levels which do not have a dedicated terminology. Prosodic units do not in general correspond to syntactic units, such as phrases and clauses; it is thought that they reflect different aspects of how the brain processes speech, with prosodic units being generated through on-line interaction and processing, and with morphosyntactic units being more automated.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INTONATION CONTOUR


caliatour
ˈkælɪətʊə
contour
ˈkɒntʊə
couture
kuːˈtʊə
detour
ˈdiːtʊə
ecotour
ˈiːkəʊˌtʊə
Guntur
ɡʊnˈtʊə
Kultur
kʊlˈtʊə
recontour
riːˈkɒntʊə
retour
rɪˈtʊə
santour
sænˈtʊə
santur
ˈsæntʊə
tour
tʊə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INTONATION CONTOUR

intolerableness
intolerably
intolerance
intolerant
intolerantly
intolerantness
intoleration
intonaco
intonate
intonation
intonation pattern
intonational
intonator
intone
intoner
intoning
intoningly
intorsion
intort
intortion

WORDS THAT END LIKE INTONATION CONTOUR

acatour
conducted tour
Cook´s tour
cycling tour
Fantin-Latour
grand tour
Great Stour
guided tour
Latour
magical mystery tour
mystery tour
notour
package tour
stentour
stour
study tour
tiki tour
treachetour
tregetour
walking tour

Synonyms and antonyms of intonation contour in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «intonation contour» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INTONATION CONTOUR

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The translations of intonation contour from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «intonation contour» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

语调轮廓
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

contorno de la entonación
570 millions of speakers

English

intonation contour
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

काकू समोच्च
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التجويد كفاف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

интонация контур
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

contorno de entonação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্বরুপ কনট্যুর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

intonation contour
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kontur intonasi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Intonationskontur
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

音調曲線
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

억양 윤곽
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kontur intonasi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngữ điệu đường viền
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அதிர்வெண் கோடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लुकवा समोच्च
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Tonlama konturu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

intonazione contorno
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kontur intonacja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

інтонація контур
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

contur intonație
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τονισμό του περιγράμματος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

intonasie kontoer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

intonationskonturen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

intonasjon kontur
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of intonation contour

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INTONATION CONTOUR» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INTONATION CONTOUR»

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Intonation In The Grammar Of English
A CD-ROM integrated with the book provides examples as the systems of intonational choices are presented, and also gives examples of these systems being drawn on in different dialects of English, and in the many different exchange ...
M. A. Michael Alexander Kirkwood Halliday, William S. Greaves, 2008
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Intonation Units in Japanese Conversation: Syntactic, ...
2.4.2 Intonation units: Definition and identification criteria The IU is generally defined as "a sequence of words combined under a single, coherent intonation contour" (Chafe 1987:22), or "a stretch of speech uttered under a single coherent  ...
Kazuko Matsumoto, 2003
3
The Perception of Intonation Contours and Focus by Aphasic ...
Thesis Study task LHD RHD NBD 1 Blumstein & Cooper 1974 linguistic intonation contour recognition (Ipf) intonation pattern + + 1 Weintraub et al. 1981 phonemic stress contrast emphatic stress contrast m + + + + 1 Bryan 1989 linguistic ...
Vivian Raithel, 2005
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Intonation: Analysis, Modelling and Technology
The IPO model ('t Hart & Cohen, 1973) is the strongest proponent of the overt declination school, where the declination slope is directly observable from the surface intonation contour. A line fitted through the peaks (if prominence variation can ...
A. Botinis, 2000
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Applied Speech Technology
2.4.1 Intonation In text-to-speech systems, the goal of the intonation component is to generate an appropriate intonation contour for each spoken phrase. An intonation contour is the underlying fundamental frequency (F0) pattern that occurs ...
Ann K. Syrdal, Raymond W. Bennett, Steven L. Greenspan, 1994
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Calvert's Descriptive Phonetics
Consequently, both and and the intonation contour provide complementary and redundant information to aid the listener. Try to say this sentence again without and but with appropriate intonation. Now, try it again, including and but using the  ...
Pamela G. Garn-Nunn, James M. Lynn, 2011
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Longman Dictionary of Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics
intonation contour interview schedule n see guided interview intervocalic adj (of consonants) occurring between two vowels. For example, English /d/ in lady is intervocalic. intimate speech/intimate speech style n a form of speech used by ...
Jack. C. Richards, Richard W. Schmidt, 2013
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Acquisition of Second Language Intonation: An Emperical ...
6. The empirical study The present investigation consists of four parts. First, a preliminary test is carried out to examine whether the intonation contour would differ if the last word of an utterance consists of an iambic or a trochaic stress pattern.
Marianne Radel, 2008
9
Intercultural Communication: A Discourse Approach
In the first case, it would be given a questioning intonation; in the second case, it would be said with a non-emphatic final intonation contour; and in the third case, it would be said with an emphatic intonation contour indicating an imperative.
Ron Scollon, Suzanne B. K. Scollon, Rodney H. Jones, 2012
10
Varieties of Questions in English Conversation
The particular interpretation of an utterance in regard to its communicative function is grounded in the experience of its morphosyntactic form spoken in its particular intonation contour. The spoken utterance is experienced whole, without  ...
Elizabeth G. Weber, 1993

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INTONATION CONTOUR»

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When adopted children forget their birth language, it may not be lost …
Languages such as Chinese furthermore use the intonation contour of the syllable for meaning-making, so that the word “ma” can have ... «The Conversation UK, Nov 14»
2
Steven Pinker: 10 'grammar rules' it's OK to break (sometimes)
... be omitted without substantially changing the meaning, and if it would be pronounced after a slight pause and with its own intonation contour, ... «The Guardian, Aug 14»

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