{"id":1110,"date":"2013-08-24T14:36:42","date_gmt":"2013-08-24T14:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/?page_id=1110"},"modified":"2013-08-24T14:43:09","modified_gmt":"2013-08-24T14:43:09","slug":"how-to-sound-re-assuring","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/?page_id=1110","title":{"rendered":"How to sound re-assuring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you want to reassure someone who is anxious about something, or to sound sympathetic if someone tells you of their troubles, there is a particular intonation pattern you can use. This consists of a low rise on the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/?page_id=1037\">tonic<\/a>, preceded by a high level pre-tonic pattern. Look at the two short dialogues below and listen to the sound clips.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A<br \/>\nAnnie: It&#8217;s two o&#8217;clock. We&#8217;ll miss the train!<br \/>\nFred: I <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><sup>H<\/sup><\/span>won&#8217;t be<span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"> <sup>H<\/sup><\/span>more than a <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><sup>H<\/sup><\/span>couple of <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><sup>M<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">min<\/span>utes<span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><sup>L<\/sup><\/span><br \/>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1110-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/minutes_f.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/minutes_f.mp3\">http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/minutes_f.mp3<\/a><\/audio><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/minutes_f.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Alternative sound<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>B<br \/>\nAnnie: It&#8217;s two o&#8217;clock. We&#8217;ll miss the train!<br \/>\nFred: I <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><sup>H<\/sup><\/span>won&#8217;t be <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><sup>H<\/sup><\/span>more than a<span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"> <sup>H<\/sup><\/span>couple of <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><sup>L<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">min<\/span>utes<span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><sup>M<\/sup><\/span><br \/>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1110-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/minutes_r.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/minutes_r.mp3\">http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/minutes_r.mp3<\/a><\/audio><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/minutes_r.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Alternative sound<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In dialogue A, Fred sounds rather abrupt and maybe annoyed &#8212; the implication is something like: &#8220;Please stop bothering me&#8221;. In dialogue B he sounds much more reassuring and here the implication is: &#8220;Don&#8217;t worry. We&#8217;ll catch the train&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>See the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/?page_id=740\" target=\"_blank\">Symbols<\/a> page for an explanation of the superscript<span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"> H M<\/span> and<span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"> L<\/span> in Fred&#8217;s utterances.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>2013_08_24<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you want to reassure someone who is anxious about something, or to sound sympathetic if someone tells you of their troubles, there is a particular intonation pattern you can use. This consists of a low rise on the tonic, preceded by a high level pre-tonic pattern. 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