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toonwisseling

English translation: change in tone

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Dutch term or phrase:toonwisseling
English translation:change in tone
Entered by: Johan Venter

05:07 Jul 24, 2005
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Linguistics
Dutch term or phrase: toonwisseling
fonetische barbarismen - het gebruik van uitspraakverschijnselen uit andere talen. Bijv. de typische snelle toonwisselingen van het Engels of Fries in het Nederlands
gjuhetar
change in tone
Explanation:
It also has an idiomatic meaning in English, meaning to change your story from what you earlier said.
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Johan Venter
Czech Republic
Local time: 18:19
Grading comment
Dank je
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4change in intonation
Marijke Singer
4 +3tone variation
D.K. Tannwitz
4change in tone
Johan Venter
4voice modulation
Stefan de Boeck (X)
4inflection
mariette (X)
3intonational shifts
Kristel-P (X)


  

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45 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
tone variation


Explanation:
tone change

D.K. Tannwitz
Germany
Local time: 18:19
Native speaker of: German

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Johan Venter: Beat me by a comfortable 4 minutes there!
4 mins
agree  Saskia Steur (X)
2 hrs
agree  Tina Vonhof (X)
11 hrs
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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
change in tone


Explanation:
It also has an idiomatic meaning in English, meaning to change your story from what you earlier said.

Johan Venter
Czech Republic
Local time: 18:19
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Dank je
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52 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
change in intonation


Explanation:
See website:
http://www2.unil.ch/imm/docs/LAIP/COST_258/Meetings/third_po...
"problems in modelling intensity and rapid changes in intonation patterns"

http://www.ling.ed.ac.uk/linguist/issues/10/10-1935.html
"Syntagmata represent semantic/syntactic units and can be separated by their perceived pauses, which may be real or subjective, i.e. based on abrupt changes in intonation flow."

Marijke Singer
Spain
Local time: 18:19
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christopher Smith (X)
34 mins
  -> Thank you, Christopher!
agree  shineda
3 hrs
  -> Thank you, shineda!
agree  Laurens Landkroon
1 day 2 hrs
  -> Thank you, Somerset!
agree  Anne Lee
2 days 18 hrs
  -> Thank you, Anne!
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
voice modulation


Explanation:
als in:

Grade Level Indicators (Grade 8)
6. Adjust volume, phrasing, enunciation, voice modulation and inflection to stress important ideas and impact audience response.

from: (http)


    Reference: http://www.ohiorc.org/ohiorc_resource_display/0,3820,3802,00...
Stefan de Boeck (X)
Belgium
Local time: 18:19
Native speaker of: Dutch

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  shineda: 'voice modulation' seems to be a term connected to presentation techniques
5 mins
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
inflection


Explanation:
see link


    Reference: http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/inflection?view=uk
    Reference: http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/Wha...
mariette (X)
United States
Local time: 12:19
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
intonational shifts


Explanation:
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Kristel-P (X)
Local time: 18:19
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
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