This relates to two main functions as listed above – Politeness, and Doubt / Uncertainty (as you ask, you are uncertain what the answer might be): 2 syllables: Did /he? ^Have /we? ^Did /they? ^Could /you? Shall /I? Was /she? 4 syllables: Did he ^know /her? Have we finished? Did they see /it? Could you help /me? Shall I show /you? Was she wai/ting? 6 syllables: Did he ^know she was /there? Have we nearly ^fi/nished? Did they ever see it? Could you come and help /me? Shall I show it to /you? Was she waiting all day? 8 syllables: Did he know she was waiting /there? Have we nearly finished with /it? Did they ever see it was /there? Could you come and help me with /this? Shall I try and show it to /you? Was she waiting for us all day? - This relates to two main functions as listed above – Politeness, and Doubt / Uncertainty (as you ask, you are uncertain what the answer might be): 2 syllables: Did /he? ^Have /we? ^Did /they? ^Could /you? Shall /I? Was /she? 4 syllables: Did he ^know /her? Have we finished? Did they see /it? Could you help /me? Shall I show /you? Was she wai/ting? 6 syllables: Did he ^know she was /there? Have we nearly ^fi/nished? Did they ever see it? Could you come and help /me? Shall I show it to /you? Was she waiting all day? 8 syllables: Did he know she was waiting /there? Have we nearly finished with /it? Did they ever see it was /there? Could you come and help me with /this? Shall I try and show it to /you? Was she waiting for us all day?
The last example features a Fall-Rise on a single syllable, which means in this case we do hear the fall between the high start and the rise. Many people find that harder than being able to drop the voice silently between syllables, and in my opinion the best way to get better at it is to do the aforementioned /ŋ/ exercise… - The last example features a Fall-Rise on a single syllable, which means in this case we do hear the fall between the high start and the rise. Many people find that harder than being able to drop the voice silently between syllables, and in my opinion the best way to get better at it is to do the aforementioned /ŋ/ exercise…
- Speakers sometimes use the Fall-Rise on Open Questions as well, when they want to show more concern about the outcome, or for the person they’re speaking to. This relates to Politeness, and more specifically to Curiosity – Interest and Intimacy – Friendliness.
- Beyond questions, the Fall-Rise is a common feature of statements as well. In statements, it usually shows that something else is about to be said, and I’ll come back to the subject of two-part and three-part tone units later. But there are a couple of statement functions for a Fall-Rise tone in isolation.
The main function is to show that the speaker is not certain of an answer they’re giving to a question. (as opposed to a falling tone statement, which shows they are certain): - The main function is to show that the speaker is not certain of an answer they’re giving to a question. (as opposed to a falling tone statement, which shows they are certain):
- 1: Would you like to come to the Sewage Reprocessing Plant open day? – ^We/ll… ^May/be… I sup^pose /so… I ^guess /so… (reluctance) – I ^think /so… / I don’t ^think /so… (would make a refusal sound more polite) – I’d ^like /to… (probably followed by ”…but…”)
- 2: Are you going to be at the party this evening? – ^Probab/ly… I ^might /be… If I ^ca/n… I’ll ^try and be /there… (reluctance / hesitation) – I ^hope so… I’d ^like to /be… (I hope to be there but I’m still not certain I can be) – ^Ye/s… (probably followed by ”…but…”)
- 3: Did you have a chance to speak to her? – ^Kind /of… ^Sort /of… ^Al/most… ^Near/ly… (tacit admission that they did not, in fact) – ^N/o… I ^tried /to… I was ^hoping /to… I ^wanted /to… (followed by ”…but…”)
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