What you can expect from this e-book
Rather than taking a rigid or prescriptive approach to prosody, this practical book (with audio) identifies key trends and observations regarding how Received Pronunciation speakers tend to use rhythm, melody, and stress in a modern context.
Key exceptions to the rules of thumb are outlined and a variety of contexts are examined across a range of structures, enabling readers to interpret and replicate intonation and stress patterns — and most importantly, practise with the help of real-life dialogue simulations.
You will learn:
- The structures of the British English intonation phrase, breaking the tone unit down into its composite parts
- How to apply the rules of thumb of modern intonation, stress, and tone in real-life situations
- Key exceptions to the rules of thumb of modern intonation, stress, and tone, bearing in mind context
- How to make use of the principles of modern intonation, stress, and tone across a spectrum of 19 common emotions
- How to apply principles of English prosody to real-life situations with over 40 real-life dialogue simulations to shadow
This practical e-book comes with over 90 MP3 audio tracks to facilitate your practice. It complements the video courses on the platform (which cover stress and pitch patterns), taking these concepts much further for a more comprehensive understanding of British English prosody.