DROPPED SYLLABLE

The number of syllables is determined by the number of vowels.

Example:

Note             /n@Ut/ = 1 Syllables

Notebook   /"n@Ut.b@Uk/ = 2 Syllables

But sometimes one of the vowels disappear and this produces a reduction in the number of syllables.

Example:

Dramatically                   /dra"m{t.Ikli/       = 3 Syllables

Practically                       /"pr{k.tI.klI/        = 3 Syllables

Basically                          /"beI.sI.kli/           = 3 Syllables

Intrinsically                      / In."trIn.zI.kli/        = 4 Syllables  

Extrinsically                     / ek"strIn.sI.kli/        = 4 Syllables

Chocolate                        /ˈtʃɒk.lət/                 = 2 Syllables

PRACTICE # 1

Preference            /"pre.fr@ns/

Laboratory           /l@"bQr.@tri/

Family               /"f{m.li/

Beverage              /"bev.r.IdZ/

Aspirin                 /"{s.prIn/

Desperate            /"desp.r@t/

Temperature       /"temp.pr@.tS@/

Broccoli               /"brQ.kly/

Several              /"sE.vral/

Generally            /"dZen.reli/

Average            /"{v.r.IdZ/

Different           /"dIf.r@nt/

Interesting          /"In.tr@s.tIN/

Comfortable       /"kVmp.f@.t@.bl/

Extraordinary  /Ik"strO:dIn.ri/

Examples:

1) Dramatic : /drəˈmætɪk/ 

2) Dramatically: /drəˈmætɪkli/

3) Broccoli: / ˈbrɑːkəli /

4) Chocolate: / ˈtʃɑːklət / || / ˈtʃɒklət/

5) Aspirin:  / ˈæsprən / || / ˈæsprɪn/

6) Beverage:  / ˈbevərɪdʒ/

7) Family / ˈfæmli/ , / ˈfæməli / || / ˈfæmɪli/ , / ˈfæmli/

8) Practically / ˈpræktɪkli/

9) Opera / ˈɑːprə / || / ˈɒprə/

10) Extraordinary /ɪkˈstrɔːrdnʲeri / ||/ɪkˈstrɔːdnʲri/

11) Laboratory / ˈlæbərətɔːri / ||/ləˈbɒrətri/

12) Generally / ˈdʒenrəli/

13) Different / ˈdɪfrənt/

14) Comfortable / ˈkʌmftərbəl / || / ˈkʌmftəbəl/

 

DROPPED SYLLABLES

Intonation pattern / Falling and Rising intonation

 INTONATION


Falling intonation pattern

Falling intonation literally means the feature of some accents of English where statements have a falling intonation patterns or low fundamental frequency or a low tone in the final syllable of the utterance.

Examples:

* I'm not going.

* The last syllable of the word in the exmple is low tone.ryt?.it should not pronounced as or the intonation should not be rising..gets?

Generally speaking, the following intonations are distinguished:

· Rising Intonation means the pitch of the voice rises over time [↗];

· Falling Intonation means that the pitch falls with time [↘];

· Dipping Intonation falls and then rises [↘↗];

· Peaking Intonation rises and then falls [↗↘].

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                                            Rising intonation pattern

In rising intonation the speaker’s pitch rises and stays HIGH at the end of a sentence. The rising pitch at the end of a sentence indicates that the speaker is waiting for a reply.

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