American Research Journal of English and Literature

This study is very significant because it presents a new model for reading English words and stretches. The English phonemes are segmental (vowel and consonant sounds) and suprasegmental (stress, intonation, rhythm). The analysis of tone in English and any other language cannot be clear without knowledge of segmental phonemes which produce tone in a stretch of utterance. The literature of phonetics and phonology shows that there are different frameworks for reading tone in English. In this study, I simply advance knowledge in the literature by evolving a notational structure for tone-reading (the “Notational Model”). Tone and intonation are potent in connected speech (sentences of conversational exchanges). The rising and falling of voice-pitch during speech is known as intonation. English intonation types include: falling intonation (tune I which moves from a high pitch to a low pitch), rising intonation (tune II which moves from a low pitch to a high one) and combined intonation.