Module 7 and 8 4 Suprasegmental Niceee
Module 7 and 8 4 Suprasegmental Niceee
Module 7 and 8 4 Suprasegmental Niceee
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PUBLIC SPEAKING
Courses: Competencies:
a. Public Speaking
Suprasegmental Sounds
Word Stress
Sentence Stress
Pitch
Intonation Pattern
Juncture
Speech Drills
I. Learning Outcomes:
A. Public Speaking
Construct own definition of literature based on the knowledge gained during discussion;
and
Make an essay regarding the importance of studying Philippine Literature.
Suprasegmental Sounds
Suprasegmental, also called prosodic feature, in phonetics, a speech feature such
as stress, tone, or word juncture that accompanies or is added over consonants and
vowels; these features are not limited to single sounds but often extend over syllables,
words, or phrases.
Stress linguistics
Pitch, in speech, the relative highness or lowness of a tone as perceived by the ear, which
depends on the number of vibrations per second produced by the vocal cords. Pitch is the main
acoustic correlate of tone and intonation (qq.v.).
Intonation Pattern
Intonation describes how the voice rises and falls in speech. The three main patterns of
intonation in English are: falling intonation, rising intonation and fall-rise intonation.
Falling intonation
Falling intonation describes how the voice falls on the final stressed syllable of a phrase or a
group of words. A falling intonation is very common in wh-questions.
Where’s the nearest post-office?
What time does the film finish?
We also use falling intonation when we say something definite, or when we want to be very clear
about something:
I think we are completely lost.
Rising intonation
Rising intonation describes how the voice rises at the end of a sentence. Rising intonation is
common in yes-no questions:
I hear the Health Centre is expanding. So, is that the new doctor?
Are you thirsty?
Fall-rise intonation
Fall-rise intonation describes how the voice falls and then rises. We use fall-rise intonation at the
end of statements when we want to say that we are not sure, or when we may have more to add:
I ↘don’t support any football team at the ↘moment↗. (but I may change my mind in future).
It rained every day in the ↘first ↗week. (but things improved after that).
We use fall-rise intonation with questions, especially when we request information or invite
somebody to do or to have something. The intonation pattern makes the questions sound more
polite:
↘ ↗
Is this your camera?
↘ ↗
Would you like another coffee?
JUNCTURE
Juncture is the pause in utterance. It is categorized into four: closed juncture, open or plus
juncture, sustained juncture, an terminal juncture.
Closed Juncture. It exists between syllables in a word, as between the two syllablesin the word
juncture.
Open/Plus Juncture. Open juncture exists between words in a phrase or sentence. It represented
by the plus sign (+). For example, the transcription of the sentence “A building+ will+ rise+ here.
Sustained Juncture. Sustained Juncture exists between phrases in a sentence between successive
words separated by commas. It is represented by the symbol →. For example, the transcription
of the sentence “David, Jack, and Peter went home.” “David→Jack→and + Peter+ went+ home.”
Terminal Juncture. It exists in the end of a sentence. It is represented by an arrow going upward
↑ if the intonation pattern is rising or an arrow going upward↓ if the intonation pattern is
falling. For example, the transcription of the sentence “I wrote it.”is /ay+rowt+it↓/; the
transcription of the sentence “Did I write it?” /did+ay+rayt+it↑/.
Speech Drills
1. Stress. Recite the following phrases and sentences with proper stress.
Poems
2. Pitch and Intonation Pattern. Observing proper pitch and intonation, recite and record
the following sonnets.
SONNET NO. 71
By: William Shakespeare
SONNET NO. 27
By: Elizabeth Barret-Browning
3. Juncture. Recite and audio record the following statements with proper juncture.
A. The Grammar of Holiness by J. Maurus
B. The Vanity of the Rat By: Y.T. Pyun
C. The Trial of the Stone (A Chinese Folktale)
D. Nail In The Fence
IV. LEARNING EVALUATION
2. /aym+tayrd+naw/
3. /its+ə+blesing+in+disgayz/
Directions: Underline the syllable on which the primary stress should be placed in every word or
phrase.
1. Comfort (N)
2. Comfort (V)
3. Travel (N)
4. Travel (V)
5. Contest (N)
6. Contest (V)
7. Protest (N)
8. Protest (V)
9. Intent (N)
10. Intent (V)
“Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how
you ought to answer each person.” -Colossians 4:6
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