The Communicative Value of English Discourse Intonation and Its Contribution to Teaching Spoken English ――with particular reference to conjunction that――

“My talk is largely based upon a study of acoustic analysis of how the subordinate conjunction 'that' is realized by 25 subjects (Kio University, Freshmen). To be more specific, the way in which it is produced, is investigated in terms of ‘PITCH’ (Hz) and ‘POWER’ (dβ) by means of the VISA-PITCH. As a result, a wide discrepancy between Herz and Decibel in their speech is found out, a result of which leads to the lack of communicative value in the realm of communication.”