Pitch accent

The lovely country of Tahiti is located in one of the many French Polynesian islands. On this island, people dance the beautiful art of Tahitian Ori (dance) with the sound of the Tairi Pahu (known as Tahitian drumming; meaning ‘the one heartbeat’). I have grown up with this part of the Tahitian culture and have spent many years dancing it. Through the years I have fallen in love with the culture, so I have chosen to study the history of Tahitian dance and drumming as my topic for my senior…

Bahmerican: My Language at Home In June of 1991, two families, who had many differences including socioeconomic, religious, and geographic were united in marriage. One was a middle-class family from the island of Grand Bahama. The patriarch, my maternal grandfather, was an executive with the Grand Bahama Power Company. His wife was a secretary for a construction firm. They were by no means wealthy, but they were able to send all three of their children, plus my grandfather’s younger brother…

It involves identifying the differentiate between various sounds like the volume, pitch and pace of speaker's voice. "Discriminative Listening is distinguish auditory/and or visual stimuli"(Susan,2013,p.56). This kind of listening involves in to attention and concentration. 2-Comprehensive. "Listening to understand the message"(Susan…

rehearsal to make sure that the rhythms are square and in time; with time we will play the rhythms as written. In addition to problems with timing, beginning students will need to master the different articulations that occur throughout the piece. Accents, specifically the marcato marking are the most common articulations used in this piece followed by the…

It is the vibration of an object which is carried by air to your ear, the eardrums vibrate, sending signals to your brain to interpret sound. PITCH- The relative highness or lowness of a sound based on frequency. A fast frequency will create a high pitch while a low frequency will create a low pitch. It is determined by number of vibrations per second SCALE- A conventional organization of pitches to create a major or minor scale INTERVAL- The distance between any…

In order for an individual to express themselves, communication is inherently vital. Generally, communication can be transmitted in two distinct manners: verbal and nonverbal. Verbally, an individual’s tone, pitch, accent, and volume all contribute to their speaking style. For example, a soft or stuttering voice is perceived to be shy and lacking confidence, while in comparison, a full and concise voice displays confidence and passion. Contrastingly, nonverbal communication is communication…

introduction part, the author reviewed some important research on language attitudes, explaining how people 's attitudes towards language varieties imply their perception of the speakers. Listeners tend to make judgment about speakers based on their accent. People’s language attitudes may not constant; the change of attitudes can result from socio-economical and cultural factors (Garrett 2010). The introduction part also introduces Chinese language families: Putonghua (term…

Self-evaluation Speech video is a significant tool to judge and evaluate the performance of speech. After watching my speech video carefully, I found several ways that I could improve in the future. My initial response to seeing myself is really awkward because I thought my performance was poor at my speech day and I do not want to recall about that. After watching it, I felt it was even worse than I expected. I understand that facing up my weak point is important to improve in the future; thus…

stuttering problem as a child. I'd try to push the words out, but it was frustrating. My parents took me to speech coaches and relaxation coaches. It didn't work. Then one of my teachers at school had a brilliant idea and said, 'Why don't you speak in an accent in our school play?' I distanced myself from me through this character, and it was so freeing that my stuttering stopped when I was onstage. That’s what got her into acting. Her mother was an actress and she never expected to follow in…

churches during that era. The Gregorian chant was composed of Latin language and performed without instruments. The chants came in various genres all depending on their religious purpose. Some of them consisted of monotone with a slight change in pitch, while others consisted of hundreds of notes over an octave. The chants share two characteristics forms. One of them is nonmetrical, which does not have a clear meter, has a free rhythm, and lacks a beat. The other is created is around D, E, F, or…