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intonation noun accentuation, cadence, delivery, inflection, phonation, pitch, quality, resonance, sound, tonality, tone, tone of voice, vocalism, voice Associated concepts: demeanor See also: inflection, stress How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| She bows her head when she lowers her pitch at the end of an intonational contour, as is the case at the end of this part of "Toe'osh. Moreover, a distinct type of brain-wave response occurs within a fraction of a second after the conclusion of each intonational phrase in a sentence, the investigators find. These are twisted versions of the language of the master, alienating the syntactical "eloquence" and intonational "elegance" through which "standard" English naturalizes itself as a national cultural norm. |
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