intonation: rise & fall rise

[Gość: łyżeczka]

What's the difference between these two intonation patterns??

[Gość: Sacha]

What do you mean? Do you want examples or an explanation?
If you're familiar with question tags or echo questions, this will give you
examples of the two intonation patterns. Look at this example:

You're married, aren't you?

If you're unsure and are asking a genuine question, 'aren't you' rises/goes
up. If you are sure and are simply confirming or making conversation, the
intonation falls/drops.

[Gość: łyżeczka]

I had to prepare a kind of text with proclaiming and referring tones and I just
didn't know the difference between the two referring ones. Actually, I'm still
not sure... I got "a pass," I used only fall-rises when I talked about sth
already mentioned.
But when should I use rising intonation (when talking about sth that isn't
new)??

[Gość: Sacha]

It's a complicated subject, and you'll feel frustrated when I say the best
tool for kearning intonation is developing a good ear. However, I can give you
a couple of tips:

Rising intonation is often used when expressing contrast:

A: I like coffee
B: I prefer tea.

Flat intonation is used to communicate boredom, when you're thinking aloud or
when you're saying something which is not meant to be interactive.

Falling intonation is often used when you simply want to communicate a message
rather than a meaning.

I know this isn't much, and you probably have more questions now. There are
some books available, but my advice is to listen to people and to pay
attention to their intonation. When doing this, don't just think about what
they're saying, but also why they're saying it (ex. are they communicating
agreement, a question, an amazing fact, etc)

good luck

[ladytwo]

Definitely you would use to express excitement (positive or negative, but to
different degrees), so
She's married, isn't she?- the "isn't she?" would be on rising mode, if all
persons who hear it know about it, but the speaker still feels exhilarated
about the fact

[Gość: Sacha]

i forgot to say, proclaiming tones are often used when you're adding something
to what's already been said. It tends to go doewn then up.

[Gość: łyżeczka]

Thank you all!!!!
I know that I won't be able to use correct intonation patterns just because I
know where to use which. Actually, that's why I hate learning intonation. But,
as I'd written above, I had to prepare a text with all these things :(