2. PHONOLOGY
Yes-no questions and tag questions have a high-rise intonation.
- @yaa vah kla Aayaa?
kya: vah kal a:ya:?
Q he yesterday came-Q
Did he come yesterday?
Information questions have a rise-and-fall intonation. The rise in
intonation is registered on the question word and the fall is attained
gradually.
- Aap kba baaja,ar gae?
a:p kab ba:za:r gaye?
you when market went
When did you go to the market? - maaohna iksasao imalaa?
mohan kisse mila:?
Mohan who-dat met-3s
Who did Mohan meet?
Commands generally follow the mid-level intonational pattern.
- drvaaja,a baMd krao.
darva:za: band karo.
door close do-imp
Close the door.
Contrastive and Emphatic Intonation
The contrastive and emphatic intonations are the same as they
employ more than the average stress on the constituents of a
sentence. The element to be contrasted carries a slightly higher
stress than the emphasized segment. For example, any of the
elements can be emphasized in the following sentence depending on
the degree of emphasis. The emphasis is indicated by bolding
different elements.