By American English, Intonations

Hi Anon,what Jim said makes a lot of sense, and we discussed it a little in another thread, I think.The point was that teaching completely descriptively is impossible. The teacher would have to say: Mr X says this, Mr Y says that, and Mr Z says another thing. Now learn what they say and then...

Hi,In the first sentence, I'd use "I've an idea", even with American English, because I'm picturing the person saying it very quickly, she has just thought about it, and she's saying it with a particular intonation.In the second sentence, i've got is better because they person is saying it more...

Cvilla wrote: Anonymous wrote:I believe that I haven't missed anything. I think that you don't understand the concept clearly.I agree that (nothing new here) an intonation is one of the most important part of any accent. But in your example it is related to an empasis of some particular words...

Anonymous wrote:I believe that I haven't missed anything. I think that you don't understand the concept clearly.I agree that (nothing new here) an intonation is one of the most important part of any accent. But in your example it is related to an empasis of some particular words to add a bit...

Cvilla wrote: SillyMe wrote: "You knew your brother did a bad thing, did you?" "You knew your brother did a bad thing, did you?" Is the difference between those two an accent matter, or a pronunciation matter? Neither. The intonation is the key. You have used an intonation...

"You knew your brother did a bad thing, did you?" "You knew your brother did a bad thing, did you?" Is the difference between those two an accent matter, or a pronunciation matter? Neither. The intonation is the key. You have used an intonation stress to emphasise those...

Hi,I read Nona's new post earlier, but... where is it now? I can't see it anymore. It was a post with a link to a website where you could listen to IPA sounds (for British English).Well, I heard a lot of words pronounced with a clear consonant sound at the end. I thought of posting this:What are...

I don't think it's called intonation. It's allophonic vowel length: vowel phonemes are realized as longer vowel allophones before voiced consonant phonemes in the coda of a syllable. This is found in all dialects of American English. Some American dialects have some phonemic vowel distinctions...

Hi,the same stress on all three words? It is impossible! Isn't it American English one of the most musical languages in the world? I remember reading in that book, American Accent Training, that you go up and down staircases when you talk. You even have intonation for one-syllable words! (Fool,...

Kooyeen wrote:Hi,Learning Spanish shouldn't be difficult after all, should it? Fine, but I'd personally prefer using 'after all' at the beginning: After all, learning Spanish shouldn't be difficult, should it? (This tag would probably have falling intonation. It's more a statement than a...