Reduction of Function words

[The] it’s an article[function word] which is unstressed and reduced.

[are] it’s an auxiliary which is unstressed and reduced at the beginning(middle) of utterance.

[from] it’s a function word which is unstressed but not reduced at the end of the utterance.

[Does] main word is unstressed but not reduced because it’s a main word[conjunction].

 

Intonation of imperatives

Commands

Commands and Instructions are pronounced with a Falling tone.

Commands the Falling tone sounds energetic and insistent.

Commands the Low tone preceded by a High or stepping head and sounds calm, serious and categoric effect.

Instructions

Instructionsis pronounced with a Mid Falling tone preceded by High or Stepping Head.

 

Request

Request can pronounced with Falling tone when word [please],which placed beginning or at the end of imperatives and shows that the speaker’s intentional is to ask and not to order.

Request are pronounced with a Low Rising tone precede by a High prenuclear pitch or with a Falling-Rising tone sound sincere and friendly.

Request is pronounced with Fall-Rise tone of Divided variant the speaker’s is asking a greater favour and it’s called polite.

Warning

Warning is pronounced with a Falling-Rising tone and sound as a polite request.

Warning is pronounced with a Falling-Rising Undivided tone when contains only one stressable word. When there are moreis used Falling-Rising Divided.

Casual or unimportant

Casual or unimportantimperatives can also pronounced with a Low Rising tone precede by a low prenuclear pitch.

 

 




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