Research Article
Suprasegmentally Feature of Intonation in English Debate: A Praat Analysis
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.12-12-2020.2304968, author={Wulan Rahmatunisa and Syahrul Syarifudin}, title={Suprasegmentally Feature of Intonation in English Debate: A Praat Analysis}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 1st Universitas Kuningan International Conference on Social Science, Environment and Technology, UNiSET 2020, 12 December 2020, Kuningan, West Java, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={UNISET}, year={2021}, month={3}, keywords={intonation; suprasegmentally; praat; debate}, doi={10.4108/eai.12-12-2020.2304968} }- Wulan Rahmatunisa
Syahrul Syarifudin
Year: 2021
Suprasegmentally Feature of Intonation in English Debate: A Praat Analysis
UNISET
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.12-12-2020.2304968
Abstract
This research focuses on analyzing intonation as the element of suprasegmentally by using PRAAT program. The data was taken from the English debate competition involving college students. The English debate demands that students not only be able to express ideas in English, but also require students to be able to master global knowledge, analyze, make judgments, and convince the public. This makes suprasegmentally study in the debate discourse is important to be investigated. The present study employs descriptive qualitative approach. PRAAT program version 6.0.33 is used to analyze intonation patterns. The results show that the pressure and intonation in the speech is caused by a factor of the situation which semantically can create differences in meaning. It is coherent with the statement from Nespor & Vogel (2007) that semantic factors have a relation to an interest and strength, such as the level of utterance and the intonation contour style contained in the speech. In conclusion, differences in meaning in the context of discourse can occur naturally depending on the situation of the speech.