Theoretical phonetics. Study guide for second year students. Борискина О.О - 63 стр.

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Alternative Questions
Closed-choice alternative questions (true alternative) contain a rise in the
first part, a pause, and then a rise-fall in the second part: Would you LIKE JUICE
or SOda?
Closed-choice alternative questions differ semantically, syntactically, and
pragmatically from open-choice alternative questions, which have rising
intonation and do not force the listener to choose among alternatives: Would you
LIKE JUICE or SOda? This pattern favors a yes/no question interpretation.
The Vowel System
front central back
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Figure 4.1 Tense versus lax vowels in NAE
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tense
vowels
lax
vowels
low
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Alternative Questions
      Closed-choice alternative questions (true alternative) contain a rise in the
first part, a pause, and then a rise-fall in the second part: Would you LIKE JUICE
or SOda?
      Closed-choice alternative questions differ semantically, syntactically, and
pragmatically from open-choice alternative questions, which have rising

             low
intonation and do not force the listener to choose among alternatives: Would you
LIKE JUICE or SOda? This pattern favors a yes/no question interpretation.

                                 The Vowel System
           front           central     back


        lax
                                                                       tense vowels
        vowels




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Figure 4.1 Tense versus lax vowels in NAE
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