Theoretical and Experimental-Phonetic Approach To Text Intonation in English

Abstract

In English, tone forms a well-developed, relatively independent subsystem of intonation. The interest in the study of the tone features of intonation is explained by the fact that the speaker can consciously realise it in important segments in terms of the meaning, which form the centre of the syntagma and where the other parts are located around it. The study of the semantic structure of tone within the constituent functions of intonation reveals the deep meaning realised in the text. In addition to the scientific-theoretical issues presented in the text, an experimental-phonetic analysis was conducted to accurately determine the role of intonation on the acoustic parameters of speech. The frequency, strength and time of the main tone were also analysed here. In addition, the melody, emphasis, tempo, timbre, intensity and rhythm of the text are also analysed. The purpose of the experimental-phonetic analysis is to determine the text intonation on three parameters – frequency, strength, and time of the main tone, by using the PRAAT program. Complex acoustic (localisation of acoustic parameters, frequency, intensity, time of the main tone) analysis was carried out with the help of experimental-phonetic analysis. The article provides oscillograms and spectrograms of selected language materials. The results of the experiment are presented in a diagram at the end of the article. In the experiments, specialised methods of mathematical-statistical and contextual analysis were employed