Why the rhythm of the English language is Morse code and why there is no such thing in Russian. Why you sound Russian even if you pronounce all the English sounds correctly. Where are Chinese tones found in Russian. Why Russians can't even say "mother and father" with the correct rhythm. How important is vowel length in English. Positional length of vowels: myth or reality. The vowel /æ/ - long or short. What are "ikalki", "kolokolchiki" and where should you do "bdysch" in English. What are "scotch snaps" or "Lombard rhythm" and where is this figure found in English and Russian. How is Russian stress different from English. Why is Russian poetry sad and how to get rid of this dying intonation contour in your speech. Where is the falling-rising intonation contour used in Russian and English. The simplest theory of English intonation. Prosody (suprasegmentals), i.e. intonation, rhythm, syllabification and stress are the basis of speech, each language is musical in its own way. This video contains little tricks, the training of which takes, perhaps, 80% of the time that I spend with my students. Because you can read about the sounds of the English language in many places. And there is enough literature on the casuistry of English intonation, in which cases which tones are used. But there is little practical information that compares Russian and English intonations and rhythm head-on. This video is intended to fill this gap. A practical application to this video is a separate course on the Lava.top platform, where I use examples of real speech of native speakers to analyze all the techniques and subtleties discussed in this video. The course consists of 2 videos, over 1.5 hours each, with detailed analyses of speech with a British and American accent. A half-hour preview version can be found at the link. Preview. • English intonation and rhythm Full course. https://app.lava.top/en/posts/51e48f6... Thanks to everyone who supports us! Your participation helps make free English lessons more regular. Channel support - Visa, Mastercard, Sberbank, YuMoney, Paypal, BTC and others: https://phonetic-fanatic.ru/donate Individual lessons (pronunciation and accent reduction): http://phonetic-fanatic.ru/training Pitch tracker from the video https://www.speechandhearing.net/labo... 00:00 Intro 03:11 What is tone? 08:37 Mother And Father 11:34 Vowel Length 15:49 Positional Vowel Length 18:37 Hiccups 28:51 Bells 42:07 Bdysch 45:13 The Scotch Snaps - Lombard Rhythm 52:44 Stress in Russian and English 1:00:59 Long Syllables 1:04:45 Tone Jump Exercises 1:13:20 The Pit 1:18:08 Takeways Sources: JC Wells English Intonation. Annalisa Zanola English Intonation. British And American Approaches. Paul Alexander Taylor A Phonetic Model of English Intonation. Ewa Jacewicz, Robert A. Fox, and Joseph Salmons Vowel Duration in Three American English Dialects. James Tanner et al Vowel Duration and the voicing effect across dialects of English. Thomas H. Crystal and Arthur S. House. The duration of American-English vowels: an overview. Stuart Davis and W. Van Summers Vowel length and closure duration in word-medial VC sequences. Andrzej Porzuczek Measuring Vowel Duration Variability in Native English Speakers and Polish Learners. Werner Lehfeldt. Accent and stress in Russian.