Cinthyaaruj Posted 16 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
Intonation
Hi everyone! I want to know in which word I have to place the rising tone in the question: "What did you say?". I know that rising tones are used WHEN ASKING FOR REPETITION. Can anyone help me? Thanks a lot xxx
Top answer
Dear friend, you should first identify the type of question you are working with. It is a special question ( wh -question). Questions of this type are usually used with the falling tone, in which case they sound serious, searching, and business-like.
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Dear friend,
you should first identify the type of question you are working with. It is a special question (wh-question). Questions of this type are usually used with the falling tone, in which case they sound serious, searching, and business-like.
However, the Fall is not the only possibilty with special questions. As I understood, you need to resort to the Rise
you should first identify the type of question you are working with. It is a special question (wh-question). Questions of this type are usually used with the falling tone, in which case they sound serious, searching, and business-like.
However, the Fall is not the only possibilty with special questions. As I understood, you need to resort to the Rise
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If I were asking for repetition, I would place the rise on What.
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