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How to pronounce “intonation”
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Pronunciation guide for intonation
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of intonation with real speech in context.
- Available examples
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- Real speech example
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So we're going to start with this is called the intonation
- Definition summary
- (linguistics) The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce intonation
The Connections Book

So we're going to start with this is called the intonation
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “intonation”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (linguistics) The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.
- Emotive stress used to increase the power of delivery in speech.
- A sound made by, or resembling that made by, a musical instrument.
- Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise.
- Reciting in a musical prolonged tone; intonating or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice, as of a priest.
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