Nuclear tones
Speed of utterance
Rhythm
Intonation with lexical and grammatical meanings
Pauses
Loudness
Group’s length
The nuclear tone in final intonation groups is
generally the Low Fall or,less frequently, the High
Fall.
The principal nuclear tones in non-final intonation
groups are the Low Fall, the High Fall and the FallRise.
Slow
There are no variations in rhythm.
Familiar (Conversational) Style
Long pauses are more common
Varied according to the size of the audience and to
the emotional setting