Intonation and Rhyme

1. Novia Rabbani
Discourse Analysis and
Phonology

2. • concerned with the study of
the relationship between
language and the context in
which it is used. (Mc.Carthy)
Discourse
Analysis
• is the study of the way sounds
function in language including;
phonemes, syllable structure,
stress, accent and intonation,
Phonology

3. Pronunciation
Assimilation Elisions
Phoneme

4. The Way
Phoneme
Changes
Assimilation
Of Place
Assimilation
Of Manner
Assimilation
Of Voice

5. Ellisions
IT’S A PROCESS BY WHICH A
PHONEME IS OMMITED OR IS
REALIZED AS ZERO IN SPECIFIC
CONTEXTS.
Written / rItn/ This is a case of
elision in which the / / sound
has been elided because it is
between two consonant
phonemes /t/ and /n/ in a weak
syllable.
about him/ baUt Im/ This is a
case of elision in which the initial
glottal sound in “him” has been
elided because the previous
sound is a consonant /t/

6. Rhythm
The impression of rhythm may arise out of a feeling of alternation
between strong and weak 'beats' in various patterned recurrences:
/ -- -- / -- -- / -- --
Most of the people were visitors.
-- / -- / -- / -- /
A friend of mine has bought a boat.

7. Word Stress and Prominence
word stress appears in the citation
forms of the words (sometimes called
their isolate pronunciations).
prominence given to syllables
depends on the choice of the speaker
to make certain words salient.

8. Improperly placed stress causes misunderstanding:
invalid –invalid
Stress placement may also have a grammatical function –
changing the stress to another syllable can change the part
of speech. Noun Verb
present and present
project and project
record and record
desert and dessert
convert –and convert

9. Place of Prominence