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Episode: 0259 â Intonation Illustrations
Description:  2021.09.16 â 0259 â Intonation Illustrations Intonation illustrationsIntonation is the âpunctuation of the spoken wordâ used to signpost meaning when weâre talking.Of course, in the written word there are various devices that can be used instead:âWhen did you get here?â Susan snapped, sarcastically.âSHUT UP!â he replied.To help the reader, the author and printer have worked together to tell the reader whatâs going on:¡        Italicisation â draws attention to the key word in a sentence. By putting âyouâ in italics, we know that that is the mos...