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RHYTHM IN PHONOLOGY - Coggle Diagram
RHYTHM IN PHONOLOGY
IMPORTANCE OF STRESS, RHYTHM AND INTONATION
STRESS
Communicate meaning
Use stress to highlight information they think is important
Every English word with more than one syllable or word part has a defined stress pattern.
RHYTHM
Signals changes between topic or speaker, and to spot which items in the message are the most important
Enables us to divide speech into words or other units
Helps us to find our way through the confusing stream of continuous speech
INTONATION
Gives information beyond just the basic meaning of the words
CONTENT WORDS
Words that have the most stress
Content words are usually the nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and pronouns (demonstrative, possessive, reflexive, and interrogative) modals, quantifiers, negative words and Wh-Question words.
These words are important to express the main meaning of the sentence
It can express the speaker's attitude or feeling about something
Gives grammatical information (such as distinguishing between a statement and a question).
FUNCTION WORDS
Words that are weaker and shorter.
They include auxiliary verbs, prepositions, conjunctions, determiners, and possessive adjectives. These words are less important in expressing the meaning of the sentence.
INTONATION IN PHONOLOGY
Questions can be asked with a rising intonation.
Intonation can also show emotions.
STRESS IN PHONOLOGY
Saying a syllable or part of a word more strongly
Stress is also important at sentence level where the meaning can be changed depending on which whole word you stress.
Rhythm in phonetics is the speed and cadence of how you say a sentence.