Explaining the intonation system of a particular language or dialect is a particularly difficult task since intonation is paradoxically at the same time one of the most universal and most specific characteristics of human language. Intonation is universal because every language has an intonation. This was included by Hockett (1963) in one of his ten noteworthy experimental generalizations about languages: generalizations that we should not necessarily want to include in the definition of what makes a language, but which simply turn out to be true. Intonation is also considered universal because many of the linguistic and paralinguistic functions of intonation systems appear to be shared by languages of very different origins. It has often been mentioned, for example, that in the vast majority of languages some kind of raised tone (final or non-final) can be used in contrast to the lower tone to show that an utterance is intended as a question rather than as a request. declaration. In this sense the universal status of intonation is quite different from that monitored for other phonological systems such as vowels or consonants. While it is true that all languages have vowel and consonant systems, and even that similar patterns of vowels and consonants can be detected in languages that are only very distantly related, these systems do not convey meaning directly in the way that intonation appears to do. . There is, for example, no regular universal meaning that can be attributed to the difference between front vowels and back vowels or between stops and fricatives. Despite this universal quality, the exact characteristics of a particular speaker's intonation system are also highly relevant. ..... middle of the paper ...... everyday communication, faulty intonation may seem absurd and defects in intonation can give rise to misunderstandings. This study seeks to investigate to what extent second language knowledge is influential in the acquisition of correct intonation patterns of the second language and whether sufficient attention has been paid to the realization of the intonation pattern. It goes without saying that it is crucial for second language learners to be totally aware of the prosody and intonation patterns of the target language to master all aspects of it. Here we want to analyze whether the difference in the proficiency level of the target language plays a role in the learning of intonation patterns of the second language. In other words, seeing knowledge of prosody and suprasegmental features of the second language would improve along with other aspects of the second language.
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