THE STAGE MONOLOGUE AND THE RETHORIC FUNCTION OF INTONATION
The article «The stage monologue and the rethoric function of intonation» examines the role of intonation and its function. The most important goal of the article is to analyze the rethoric function of intonation and its realization. The material of the research is a monoplay «The Human Voice» by Jean Cocteau. The article reflects the results of the research which were done by expert phoneticians and also included the electro-acoustic analyses (the computer programme «Speech Analyser»). The given results can help to practice the intonation of the extra expressive stage speech in the language learning situation.