4. SYSTEM OF PITCH MOVEMENT Tone Symbol Shape Falling p Rising r + Rise-fall p+ Fall-rise r Level o
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6. THE KEY SYSTEM PITCH LEVEL MEANING EXAMPLE High Key Contrastive ( A not B) LOST // p he GAM bled // p and // Mid Key Additive (A + B) // p he GAM bled// p and LOST // Low Key Equative (A = B) // p he GAM bled// p and // LOST
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10. THE TERMINATION SYSTEM Key Termination Meaning Example High High Expectation on the part of the speaker of a contrastive answer: yes/no. THINK LAR A: // p do you this one ger// YES B: // p // High Mid Pressure from the speaker for a favourable response by the other interlocutor. THINK A: // p do you this ones LARG er// P: // p YES //
11. Mid High Expectation on the part of the speaker of a contrastive answer: yes/no. LAR A: // p do you THINK this ones ger// YES B: // p // Mid Mid Pressure from the speaker for a favourable response by the other interlocutor. A: // p do you THINK this ones LARG er// B: // p YES // Mid Low The speaker imposes little or no constraint on the next turn taker . // r + and the QUEStion i want to PUT to you is //p DO we NEED // p an INcome icy// POL
12. Low Mid Pressure from the speaker for a favourable response by the other interlocutor. A: // p do you this ones LARGer// THINK B // p YES // Low Low The speaker imposes little or no constraint on the next turn taker // r+ and the QUEStion i want to PUT to you is //p DO we NEED //p an come icy// IN POL