Examples:
1. Who is he? Falling intonation / Wh-question
2. Is she here? Rising intonation / Yes/No or polarity type Question
3. You´re going aren´t you? Rising intonation / Tag-question
4. You aren´t going are you? Rising intonation / Tag-question
5. Why did you do it? Falling intonation / Wh-question
6. That´s so nice of you! Falling intonation / Exclamations
7. Tim said that? Rising intonation / Repetition-question or confirming
examples of rising and falling intonations
RISING INTONATION: a question that is answerable with "yes" or "no"
1.Do you think he is funny? no
2.Is your father handsome? yes
3.Can you sing? yes
4.Is this your school? yes
5.Do you eat pasta? no
FALLING INTONATION: a question that is not answerable by "yes" or "no" but is answerable by a simple sentence or statement
1.What is the brand of your pencil? The brand of my pencil is Bic.
2What is your Sister's name? My sister's name is Emily.
3.What state do you live in? I live in Florida.
4.Where do you work? I work in an office.
5.What's your name? My name is John.
- Mylene Bernardino
Falling Intonation:
Rising intonation is used before the climax and falling intonation is used after the climax. Rising intonation Did you turn it on? Falling intonation How was your day?
The three types of intonation patterns are rising intonation, falling intonation, and rising-falling intonation. Rising intonation typically indicates a question or uncertainty, falling intonation indicates a statement or certainty, and rising-falling intonation can indicate hesitation or surprise.
Rising intonation: "Is it your birthday?" (stress on "birth" followed by a rise in pitch) Falling intonation: "I'm going to the store." (stress on "store" followed by a fall in pitch)
The answer is rising intonation and falling intonation
there are two kind of intonTION rissing and falling intonation
The inflection of one's voice involves rising and falling intonation.
The answer is rising intonation and falling intonation
rising and falling intonation.
the rising intonation is answerable by yes or no and end by a question mark?....................but the falling intonation not answerable by yes or no and end by a period.
When your pitch increases in a particular manner it's called rising intonation. When your pitch decreases in a particular manner it's called falling intonation.
Questions answerable by yes or no are rising intonation. Questions starting with wh like: Who, what, where, how, and why are falling intonation. examples: What's your nam? Where do you live? Who are your parents? How old are you? Why are you here?