INTONATION MEANS OF EXPRESSING MISUNDERSTANDING IN ENGLISH FILM DISCOURSE
Journal Title: Мова - Year 2017, Vol 0, Issue 28
Abstract
The immediate purpose of the paper is to provide intonation diff erentiation of the three types of misunderstanding in dialogue communication. The object of analysis is the English artistic discourse. The subject of investigation is the intonation means of expressing misunderstanding in English Film Discourse. The investigation results in identifying the common and diff erentiating intonation means of expressing direct misunderstanding, pretended misunderstanding and pretended understanding. The investigation of actors’ intonation has enabled the author to establish the certain misunderstanding phrases intonation characteristics: tone level, tone range, intensity and tempo. Conclusions. In terms of the tone level and tone range, most utterances have turned out to have mid pitch level and mid tone range. The more emotional the speaker is, the wider his voice range seems to, especially when it comes to pretended misunderstanding. In terms of intensity, most phrases are characteristic of normal intensity. The investigation of tempo in the phrases of misunderstanding has confi rmed its changeable and unstable character, presupposed by the addresser’s sincerity / insincerity. Most misunderstanding phrases are pronounced with a normal tempo. The accelerated tempo is common both for the phrases of direct misunderstanding and pretended misunderstanding. Another registered tendency concerns pragmatic pauses, which take place right in front of the lexical units, expressing misunderstanding.
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Ganna A. OLIINYK
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