LL-L "Phonology" 2005.12.01 (10) [E]

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01 December 2005 * Volume 10
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From: Ben J. Bloomgren <Ben.Bloomgren at asu.edu>
Subject: LL-L "Phonology" 2005.12.01 (03) [E]

Heather and all,

>Lately I have been struck by a similar marked rising tone in the speech of
>the
English presentator of the BBC documentary series Egyptian Journeys with
Dan Cruickshank. Is this a new tendency in English?<

Here in the USA, there is a tendency among us young whipper-snappers to end
each statement like a question? It makes the oldstyle southern motherly
teachers crazy! They try to squeeze that out of them? Like - it's so dumb. I
don't do this. I see it most among girls.
Ben

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From: Isaac M. Davis <isaacmacdonalddavis at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Phonology" 2005.11.30 (14) [D/E]


Roger Hondshoven wrote:

> Another thing about tone in speech. I have always been under the
> impression (correct me if I am wrong) that in Irish English there is a
> strong general rising tone at the end of a sentence (even if it is a
> statement).

In my experience, the tone fluctuates throughout the utterance. I don't know 
if there's a tendency to end a sentence with a high tone or not. Actually, 
when I was first learning Irish, one thing that the teacher had us do was 
read texts in English (translations/retellings of Irish legends about Finn, 
the Children of Lir, and suchlike), attempting to replicate the fluctuating 
tone. In Irish, one doesn't emphasise a word in the way one does in English, 
with stress/tone. There are suffixes for the purpose, -sa and -se (which one 
you use depends on whether the word emphasised ends in a slender or broad 
letter).

Isaac M. Davis 

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