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secondary tone
from Part II - . . . and Discourse
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
Secondary tones
Secondary tone refers to variations to the basic primary system of \, / and ⋁, and also to levels and movements in the pretonic segment (i.e. pre-head and head). Variations to the primary system involve degrees of fall, rise and fall-rise and these variations indicate something of the speaker’s attitude or strength of feeling in expressing their message. Such variations can easily be demonstrated by listening to three variations of the following statement:
The first is a plain statement; the second is that very same statement but expressed more strongly as if to correct the addressee’s expectation; and the third is expressed more mildly as if to confirm the addressee’s expectation.
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