Intonation of parentheses.
Utterances may contain words, phrases or clauses (whether at the beginning, in the-middle or at the end) which are only partially related to the main subiect-matter, and without which they (utterances) remain grammatically and semantically complete.
Such words and phrases or clauses tall into the following classes: 1. Parentheses. 2. Reporting Phrases. 3. Direct Address.
Initial Parentheses
Parenthetical words and phrases at the beginning of an utterance are used for various purposes:
in order to gain time
to show the speaker's attitude
A common pattern for an initial parenthetical phrase is a Low Rising nuclear tone. As a matter of ˎfact ⧘ her T-shirt wasn’t beautiful.
Parentheses pronounced with a Falling nuclear tone sound weighty and make the whole utterance more important. As for `me, ⧘ I `never work till late at ˎnight.
Additional emphasis or contrast is added to the parenthetical phrase by a FalIing-Rising nuclear tone. ˇ Generally, ⧘ about half past ˏseven.
Initial parentheses which are linked very closely with the main remark do not, as a rule, form a separate intonation-group. «I suppose ..., I believe ... , I presume ... , I’m afraid , I think .„»,
Final Parentheses
Parentheses at the end of an utterance serve to summarize or add some details to the speaker's main remark. They do not form an intonation-group of their own and are pronounced as unstressed. What time do you get ˴up, as a ˌrule.
Additional prominence is achieved when parentheses in final position are said as part of the nucleus of a falling-rising tune. I’ll see you `tomorrow, I ˎhope.
Parentheses in the middle of an utterance
Parentheses inserted in the middle of the principal remark usually convey a side-thought. Her friends, ⧘ as a matter of ˎfact, ⧘ are going to Paris.
Linking [r]
When
a word ending in [ә] (including [iә], [ԑә], etc.), [a:], [ᴐ:]
or [ᴈ:] is immediately followed by a word beginning with a vowel,
the sound [r] is very often inserted at
the end of the first word joining it to
the next one. When the spelling of the word ends in the letter “r”
(or "-re"), the inserted r-sound is called the
linking [r]. Far
away, more
or less, as far
as I know.
When there is no "r" in spelling, the inserted r-sound is
called the intrusive
[r]. Far
away
Two-stress pattern
Structures with two stressed and intervening unstressed syllables
Each of the two rhythmic groups in such has unstressed syllables preceding or/and following the stressed one. The shortest utterances following this pattern consist of two polysyllabic notional(значимых) words or one double-stressed word. They are typical of elliptical(сокращённые) sentences used as short replies, headlines and titles, interrogative responses or imperatives. ᶦNo ̀entry. Taking eˊxams?