Rhythm
Rhythm is the musicality of English–the ups and downs and the connected speech and the linking of words, which together, change how we say sentences.
Remember, speaking with correct rhythm (musicality) is essential to being understood when you speak!
Rhythm comes from the combination of the two types of stress in American English:
1) Syllable stress in words (as discussed above)
2) Word stress in sentences
Word stress in sentences
Americans stress words in sentences that are important to the meaning of the sentence. They carry the content of the sentence. Basically, if you took these content words out of the sentence, you would not understand the meaning of that sentence.
Content Words
main verbs
nouns
adjectives
adverbs
negatives
wh-words
interjections
Examples | Listen & Repeat
I HAVE to GO to SCHOOL.
I WANT my BROTHER to WIN.
It’s NOT the BEST IDEA.
Function Words
Remember, rhythm and musicality in your speech is not just about stressing, but also requires de-stressing, weakening.
In English we de-stress the non-essential, non-content words in a sentence, called the function words. These function words are made weaker, and sometimes practically disappear from a sentence.
Function words include:
articles
conjunctions
prepositions
pronouns
auxiliary verbs
Listen and Repeat
(Function words written in lower case)
I HAVE to GO to SCHOOL.
I WANT my BROTHER to WIN.
It’s NOT the BEST IDEA.
Notice, I did NOT say, “I HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL”, but I said “I HAVE to GO to SCHOOL” [ay HAV t'GOW t'SKOOL].
I said the function words quicker and more relaxed than the important content words. They almost become part of the content words that follow them [t'GOW; t'SKOOL].
If I left out the non-essential function words from my sentences, you would still understand the general idea of what I’m saying.
Examples
*HAVE GO SCHOOL
*WANT BROTHER WIN
*NOT BEST IDEA
In fact, we hear children speak like this all the time when they’re learning to speak English, and we still understand their basic messages.
Listen and Repeat
“She WANTS to PLAY a GAME.”
“I’d LIKE you to JOIN us for DINner.”
“We’ll CHOOSE the WINner on SATurday or SUNday.”
“MAny of the STUdents are GOing on vaCAtion toMOrrow.”
Rhythm
Rhythm is the musicality of English–the ups and downs and the connected speech and the linking of words, which together, change how we say sentences.
Remember, speaking with correct rhythm (musicality) is essential to being understood when you speak!
Rhythm comes from the combination of the two types of stress in American English:
1) Syllable stress in words (as discussed above)
2) Word stress in sentences
Word stress in sentences
Americans stress words in sentences that are important to the meaning of the sentence. They carry the content of the sentence. Basically, if you took these content words out of the sentence, you would not understand the meaning of that sentence.
Content Words
main verbs
nouns
adjectives
adverbs
negatives
wh-words
interjections
Examples | Listen & Repeat
I HAVE to GO to SCHOOL.
I WANT my BROTHER to WIN.
It’s NOT the BEST IDEA.
Function Words
Remember, rhythm and musicality in your speech is not just about stressing, but also requires de-stressing, weakening.
In English we de-stress the non-essential, non-content words in a sentence, called the function words. These function words are made weaker, and sometimes practically disappear from a sentence.
Function words include:
articles
conjunctions
prepositions
pronouns
auxiliary verbs
Listen and Repeat
(Function words written in lower case)
I HAVE to GO to SCHOOL.
I WANT my BROTHER to WIN.
It’s NOT the BEST IDEA.
Notice, I did NOT say, “I HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL”, but I said “I HAVE to GO to SCHOOL” [ay HAV t'GOW t'SKOOL].
I said the function words quicker and more relaxed than the important content words. They almost become part of the content words that follow them [t'GOW; t'SKOOL].
If I left out the non-essential function words from my sentences, you would still understand the general idea of what I’m saying.
Examples
*HAVE GO SCHOOL
*WANT BROTHER WIN
*NOT BEST IDEA
In fact, we hear children speak like this all the time when they’re learning to speak English, and we still understand their basic messages.
Listen and Repeat
“She WANTS to PLAY a GAME.”
“I’d LIKE you to JOIN us for DINner.”
“We’ll CHOOSE the WINner on SATurday or SUNday.”
“MAny of the STUdents are GOing on vaCAtion toMOrrow.”
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