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ii. Rising tone
A rising tone is used for:
1. Incomplete statements.
It is not very ͵good...
2. Yes–No type of questions
Is he͵ looking?
Do you have a͵ pen?

3. Tag questions intending to ask for information.
He didn’t ‵do it / ͵did he?
4. Requests
Shut the ͵door
5. Expressing surprise/disbelief.
She ͵would?
iii. Falling rising tone
1. Reproach
I saw you at the cinema (you said you had to study physics)
∨
2. Sarcasm
She is beautiful (but not intelligent)
∨
3. Concern
Careful (otherwise you will fall)
∨
iv. Rising falling tone
1. Enthusiastic agreement (Do you agree) Yes!
∧
2. Suspicious interest

But is her son in the picture?
∧
By now you must have realized that syntax and intonation make significant
contributions to the overall interpretation of the composite message. You
must make use of the right intonation patterns because the meaning con-
veyed by intonation is beyond the bare words and grammatical construc-
tions. This will help you wipe away the imprecision and ambiguities in
speech, which are most likely to creep in with tunes used by mistake, and
which do not faithfully reflect your intention.
Because your attitude is conveyed through intonation, you may be
responsible for what your tone ‘seems’ to say. When you say something with

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