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e. g. Go to the country | if you want to have a rest.
If the principal clause implies continuation and makes a irate
intonation-group it is pronounced with the low-rising or falling-
rising nuclear tone.
e. g. I'll tell him at ,once | you want to see him.

Adverbial Clauses of Condition and Time

Model: a) If you want to have a > rest, | go to the
country.
b) If you want to have a ,rest, | go to the
country.
c) When he ,comes | ask him to wait.
Nuclear Tones
Tasks
1. Read the information concerning the topic.
2. Be ready to retell it.
3. Do all the practical reading drill exercises to the topic.
4. Supply examples of your own to illustrate each of the main nuclear
tones.
The low fall starts in the middle of the voice range and
gradually descends to a very low pitch. It usually creates the
impression of calmness and indifference, finality, completeness,
definiteness. [ ]
The low rise starts at a very low pitch and gradually
ascends to the middle of the voice range. The high fall expresses
personal concern, warmth, interest. The rising tone usually
expresses non-finality or non-completeness. []
The high fall starts at a high pitch and then falls to a very
low pitch. High Fall adds personal concern, interest and warmth,
emotional richness to the characteristic features of the low fall. []
The high rise starts in the middle of the voice range and
then rises to a very high pitch. It is an interrogatory tone since the

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