Intonation

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Across
  1. 1. stress, rhythm, pausing and speech rate
  2. 3. The most important syllable of the intonation unit
  3. 5. their first stressed syllable is low in the pitch, each following stressed syllable being higher than the preceding one
  4. 8. It has a great value for expressing ideas and emotions and contributes to mutual understanding between people
  5. 10. a special colouring of voice, which shows the speaker's emotions, i.e. pleasure, displeasure, sorrow, etc.
Down
  1. 2. the voice usually moves down from a medium or high pitch level to thé low one;
  2. 4. the relative speed with which sentences and intonation­ groups are pronounced in connected speech.
  3. 6. the amplitude of vibration of the vocal cords.
  4. 7. anything after the stressed syllable where the major pitch movement begins
  5. 9. the changes in the music of the voice in connected speech.