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Consider the following complex sentence spoken in standard Received Pronunciation (RP): 'As soon as the guest speaker arrives, the ceremony will commence.' Which pattern of pitch inflection correctly describes the intonation contour across the non-final subordinate clause and the final main clause?

  1. A rising pitch contour on the non-final clause ('arrives'), followed by a falling pitch contour on the main clause ('commence').Cevap
  2. B
    A falling pitch contour on the non-final clause ('arrives'), followed by a rising pitch contour on the main clause ('commence').
  3. C
    A continuous falling pitch contour across both the subordinate clause and the main clause.
  4. D
    A continuous rising pitch contour across both the subordinate clause and the main clause.

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The utterance requires a rising pitch contour on the non-final subordinate clause ('arrives') and a falling pitch contour on the final main clause ('commence').
In standard Received Pronunciation (RP), utterances containing a subordinate clause before a main clause follow a continuation-then-finality intonation pattern. The non-final clause ('As soon as the guest speaker arrives') ends with a rising pitch to show that the thought is incomplete, while the final main clause ('the ceremony will commence') ends with a falling pitch to mark completeness.

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1
Analyze the grammatical structure of the utterance.
The sentence consists of an introductory adverbial subordinate clause ('As soon as the guest speaker arrives') followed by a main declarative clause ('the ceremony will commence').
Intonation contour rules in Received Pronunciation depend on clause function and utterance completeness.
2
Determine the intonation rule for non-final subordinate clauses.
Non-final subordinate clauses express non-finality and continuation, requiring a rising intonation tune at the clause boundary.
A rising pitch indicates to the listener that the speaker's thought is not yet complete.
3
Determine the intonation rule for final main declarative clauses.
The main declarative clause completes the statement and takes a falling intonation tune on the last stressed syllable.
A falling pitch signals finality and completeness of the statement.

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