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It wasn’t my report ( a question + surprise)

It wasn’t my report ( a question)
b) The end of a sentence is always recognized by a pause
combined with a moving (nuclear) tone on the most important
word of the sentence. This is the delimiting function of the
intonation.
E.g. I see And’ what about the train?

c) The distinctive function is apparent from the fact that
intonation along may differentiate one communicative type of
a sentence from another or distinguish the actual meaning of
the sentence through some logical prominence .
E.g. You saw her. ( a statement)

You saw her ( a question + surprise)

You saw `her . ( a question)

`You saw her. ( not I)

You `saw her . (not heard)

You saw `her ( not him)

d) The attitudinal meaning can be expressed only by intonation.

E.g. Thank you! (genuine gratitude)

Thank you Mark! (formal politeness)

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