语音课知识点
Look here, boys and girls. Listen to me carefully, this is new knowledge we are
going to learn today:
1. Intonation(语调)
We use it to express the different feelings of the speaker.
As we can see, if one sentence is a statement, special question, imperative or
exclamatory statement, we should use the falling intonation. If the sentence is a
yes or no question, we use rising intonation. We choose rising falling intonation
to read alternative questions.
We should remind that we choose different intonations to express different
feelings and moods. It’s subjective/flexible.
2. Word stress(单词重音/重读)
We use it to read words more exactly.
As we can see, one word may be one syllable, two syllables and more than two
syllables, right?
We should remind that when we read two-syllable words, normally we stress the
first syllable for nouns, and stress the second syllable for verbs. As for the multi-
syllable words, we stress the third from the bottom.
3. Sentence stress(句子重音/重读)
We use it to arouse others’ attention to certain information.
As we can see, we usually stress the content/lexical words, such as nouns,
national verbs and adjectives.
We should remind that sentence stress is subjective/flexible. We should change
it according to the situation and feelings of the speaker.
4. Liaison/Linking(连读)
We use it to speak English more fluently and naturally.
As we can see, if the former word ends with a consonant, and the following word
begins with a vowel, we can read them together.
We should remind that the two words must be in one sense group. And if the
former words ends with r/re, and the following word begins with a vowel, we can
read them together, too.
5. Incomplete plosion(失去爆破/不完全爆破)
As we can see, if the plosives /p/, /b/, /t/, /d/, /k/, /g/ are next to each other, we
pronounce the former plosive silently.
For example: He has a bad cold today.
6. Weak form(弱读)
We use it to speak English more fluently and naturally.
As we can see, we usually read the weak forms of function words, such as
articles, auxiliary verbs and modal verbs.
We should remind that there are mainly three ways to change function wordsto
weak forms. They are shortening, elision and vowel changed to schwa sound.
7. Assimilation(同化)
We use it to speak English more fluently and naturally.
As we can see, assimilation is a phonological process in which two sounds that
are different become more alike.
8. Sense group(意群)
We use it to speak English more fluently and naturally.
As we can see, a sentence can be divided into several small-pieces according to
the meanings and grammatical structure. Each small section is called a sense
group.
We should remind that sense group can be a word, a phrase also can be a short
sentence or a clause. And its subjective/flexible. We should change it according
to the situation and feelings of the speaker.
9. Pause/Stop(停顿)
We use it to speak English more fluently and naturally.
As we can see, if one sentence is long, we should pause several times according
to the sense group. Normally, we pause according to meanings and grammatical
structure.
We should remind that to pause should be made with a sense group. Where to
pause also depend on the situation and the fellings of the speaker. It’s
subjective/flexible.
元音 vowel 辅音 consonant
音节 syllable 开音节 open syllable 闭音节 closed syllable
升调 rising tone 降调 falling tone 降升调 falling-rising tone
节奏 rhythm
