American Intonation - 1

2017-04-06

tips

  • stress

    • focus on stress and 'feeling'
    • stress relates to rhythm and intonation
    • think about not just individual sounds but also think about the overall feeling of the sentence.

  • study mouths movement

  • repetition

pitch

  • raised the pitch for the stress words, and dropped it at the end, and played with the level so every syllable was a little higher or a little lower than previous word .

  • Intonation - emojis

    • understand the hidding meaning

    • GPS or mapping

    • "that was good" - rise, fall, and rise
    • "that was good" - rise, falling at the end <- negative

Stress - longer, louder, and higher

  • verb, adj, and noun
  • de-stress: relaxed and short -> function word

Intonation, Linking, Rhythm

  • The shape of stress

  • the schwa sound

    • vowel -> /ə/

  • stress-timed language

    • to -> /tə/ or /də/
    • because of -> /kəz ə/
    • for -> /fər/
    • and -> /ən/
    • them -> /əm/
    • at -> /ət|/
    • can -> /kən/
    • are -> /ər/
    • was -> /wəz/
    • that -> /ðət|/
    • your -> /yər/
    • at the -> /ət| ðə/
    • her -> /ər/
    • it's okay -> /tsou 'kei/
    • as -> /əz/ as tall as

    • was -> /wəz/

    • You're welcome /jər' wel kəm/

    • WHAT DID Reduction

      • what did -> /'wʌt| did/ or /wʌd/
      • what did he -> /'wʌd i/
      • what did you -> /wʌdʒ ə/
    • helping verb
      • do -> /də/
      • does -> /dəz/
    • should, would, could
      • should -> /∫əd/ or /∫ə/
      • would -> /wəd/
      • could -> /kəd/ or /kə/
    • shoulda,coulda,woulda
      • should have -> /∫ud ə/
      • should not have -> /∫ud ən ə/
      • could have -> /kud ə/
      • would have -> /wu dəv/
    • can, cann't
      • can -> /kən/
      • cannot -> /kænt/
    • are
      • are -> /ər/
      • were -> /wər/

    • what

      • /wʌt|/

    • the

      • at the -> /ət | ðə/
      • is the -> tongue pushes on back of the teeth
      • with the -> /wiθ ð|ə/

    • ?

      • what do you think ? -> /wʌ də jə/

    • whaddya /wa:dəyə/

      • What do you ... ? ->

Connected speech

  • Change vibration

    • [t] + [y] -> [t∫]
      • I got you? -> /ai GAt∫yə/

  • h-deletion

    • "he" -> /iy/
    • "him" -> /im/
    • "his" -> /iz/
    • "her" -> /ər/
    • "has" -> /æz/
    • "have" -> /æv/ /əv/
      • Did he get it? -> /Di-diy Ge-dit/
      • Did he get the new car? -> /DId hiy/ -> /DI-diy/

write what you hear

improve listening

  • study reducation
  • study linking
    • he always /hi(y) 'ɔl weiz/
  • study native speech
  • write what you hear
  • try Youglish -> YouGlish

reference