INTONATION: THE FUNCTION AND MEANING OF INTONATION IN ENGLISH Read the following sentences following the transcription marks:

stressed syllable, TONIC SYLLABLE, --- (Tone Group division). 1. Britains TRADE balance --- was in the RED -- by a hundred and ninety three million POUNDS last month. 2. The FOREcasters --- say that much of England and Wales will be cloudy and WET. 3. AUtumn --- seems to be arriving a little EARly this year --- and so the season of FOGS --- will soon be WITH us. 4. The BUILding employers --- and the Unions --- are still MEEting. 5. SHARES --- have been FAlling --- on the London STOCK market. 6. The Bank of ENGland --- is accused of dictating TERMS --- to the GOvernment. 7. A new PLAN --- to boost British CHEEses --- is aNNOUNCED. 8. The prime minister has had to cancel his visit to Plymouth toDAY --- but hopes to go toMOrrow. 9. Because I think they have their OWN --- er --- very STRONG --- er --- cultural and reLIgious --- er --- ENtity --- --- they keep themSELVES --- very much to themSELVES --- --- there may be certain dangers in THAT --- were not unduly comPLAcent.

Provide an example for each one of the following meanings of the tunes in English: A) THE FALL 1. Statement: 2. WH-question: 3. Command: 4. Exclamation: 5. Question tag (agreement): B) THE RISE (low) 1. Yes/No question: 2. WH-question (interest): 3. Encouragement: 4. Disagreement: 5. Question tag: C) THE FALL-RISE 1. Correcting: 2. Emphatic contrast: 3. Irony: 4. New Information: D) THE RISE-FALL 1. Impressed: 2. Complacency: 3. Censoriousness: 4. Challenge: