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-high pitch – високий тон
-middle pitch – середній тон
-low pitch – низький тон
-level tone – рівний тон
-nuclear tone – ядерний тон
-uttered sentence - фраза

3. Read what prominent linguists write about the importance
of intonation.

a) Write a paragraph of your own on the same topic
b) Be ready to present your point of view at the class
discussion.
Intonation is the soul of the language while pronunciation is its
body

R. KINGDON
A foreigner who speaks a language with correct stressing
and intonation but with incorrect sounds (within reasonable limits)
will be better understood by natives than one whose sounds are
correct but whose stressing and intonation are poor.

Г. П. ТОРСУЕВ
Овладение типичными чертами интонации
английского языка отнюдь не менее важно, чем овладение
его фонемным составом. Ошибки в интонации не только
сильно искажают общее звучание речи, но сплошь и рядом
приводят к непониманию, к искажению мысли.

J. D. O’CONNOR, G. F. ARNOLD
This is very important – English speakers are able to make
a good deal of allowance for imperfect sound making, but… they
are much less able to make the same allowance for mistakingly
used tunes.

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