Tonal phenomena is a phenomena that has to do with pitch variation Pitch can utilize in various ways I saw a crossed

eye elephant Really The interpretation of your answer depends on the tone assiosiated with nucleus of that words e.g. if the nucleus is assisiated with alevel tone , the interpretation will be something lack of intrest if by contrast the nucleus is associated with a rising tone , you might want to show tht you are in doubt If you used a contour tone which involves afalling element first then a rise , this involves a high degree of doubt If your answer involves a rise first then a fall so the nucleus is associated with a rise and fall, you want to express some sort of emotional involvement. In many languages pich variation is used not to vary a meaning of word or utterance , but to express speakers intention in uttering it. As statement , a question, to express doubt , to show emotional envolvement,etc In such languages the phonological correlate of pitch variation is referred to as intonation. Intonation can be contrasted with tone ; phonological corroleant of pitch which does distinguish words.for example to express lexical distingshion, word classes or morphological role expressing such features as aspect , tence,etc.. A language that uses pitch variations in such a way to affect the meaning of word or an uttreannce is refferd to as a tone language. The simplest kind of a tone language uses to possible tones , high and low . such languages are called registerd one languages .more complex tone system is called contour tonal system that they envolve toneswith some sort of gliding movement ; rising , falling , rise and fall ; fall and rise or even.for example madrine Chinese. Tonal phenomena in present day English When we listen to a stretch of speech in English it becomes apparent that it melody is organized according to some general principles. These principles concern Principles of tonality that is priciole related to tonal organization of uttrences. On other words how many tone unit do we have Tonicity which define the necleuar syllable within tone unit Tone principle we select what type of neclua tone is to b associated with neclus within a tone unit

Togohter these principles define the intonation of utterance. These principles had been first defind by the british linguistics Michal hlliday Any utterance can be divided into tone groups. Boundaries between them are referrd to as intonation boundary or terminal junctures. The nuber and the location of such terminal junctures define the tonality of an utterance Tonality She wahed and brushed her hair Herer we have to possible interpretation depending on how many tone units we have. Lets assume we only have one.then the meaning goes like this she washed her hair and then brushed it. But three is another interpretation possible , lets assume we have two tones unit that it means she washed something like her hands , her clothes and brushed her hair. So we can see the number of tone units can influence the interpretation of an utterance The positions or absence of terminal juncture sometimes influence the meaning of the utterance .thus the tonality of an utterance maybe an important factor concerning its interpretation Now tone groups themselves contains on syllable that is more promenat than any other syllables within the same tone group.this syllable is referred to as the nucleus.the placement of nucleus is reffred to as the tonicity of a tone group. The tonicity of the group is unmarked if the neclus fall on thelast potential proment content word. For example a n, adv,. However there are marked cases where the placement of the neclus before the lat potentially promennt syllable for reason of contrast. E.g. Johns has plans to leave The meaning change dependin on the choice of neclus; if the nucleus is on leave then john has plans to leave not to stay. But if the nucleus is on plans then john has some plans from the city to drop off some where like an office Tone Declearative vs interrogative tone Yes or no questions we have a rising intonation, wh falling one