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The Study on the English Intonation Acquisition of Non-English Majors

Qingqing Yang

Abstract


In recent years, English intonation acquisition has become a hot topic. This paper attempts to study the intonation
acquisition of the Non-English majors. Study shows that Non-English majors have no awareness of intonation when they speaking
English and they don’t know how to use it correctly.

Keywords


Intonation acquisition; Tonality; Tonicity; Tone

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18282/l-e.v10i4.2573

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