PHONETICS III

Dialogue analysis

Reference:

Pre-head Head Nucleus Tail

□ Speaker 1

○ Speaker 2

□ Did you see Othello on television last night? → High head – Low Rise Nucleus - Tail

○ The opera, you mean. → Pre-head – High Fall Nucleus - Tail

No, → High Fall Nucleus only

I didn’t. → Pre-head - High Fall Nucleus

I was out. → Pre-head - High Fall Nucleus

□ I saw it, → Fall-rise Nucleus - Tail

and quite enjoyed it. → Pre-head – High head – High Fall Nucleus - Tail

○ Did you? → Low Rise Nucleus - Tail

I thought you didn’t approve of television. → Pre-head - Rising head – High Fall Nucleus - Tail

□ I don’t, → Pre-head - High Fall Nucleus

as a regular thing. → Pre-head – Low head – Low Rise Nucleus

But I happened to be round at my sister’s → Pre-head – Falling head – Fall-rise Nucleus - Tail

and she wanted to see it. → Pre-head – Fall-rise Nucleus - Tail

So I watched it too. → Pre-head – High head - High Fall Nucleus

○ Have you thought any more about getting a set? → Pre-head – High head – Low Rise
Nucleus - Tail

□ No, → Low Fall Nucleus only

I don’t think I shall. → Pre-head – Low head - Low Rise Nucleus

Though there’s a good deal of pressure, of course. → Pre-head – Falling head – Fall-rise
Nucleus - Tail

○ From your family? → Pre-head – High Rise Nucleus - Tail

□ From my daughter, → Pre-head – High Fall Nucleus - Tail

in particular. → Pre-head – Fall-rise Nucleus - Tail

All her school friends talk about it so much. → High head – High Fall Nucleus - Tail

○ I know → High head – Low Fall Nucleus

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You’d think they never did anything else, → Pre-head – High head – Low Rise Nucleus

but sit glued to the television screen. → Pre-head – High head – High Fall Nucleus - Tail

□ That’s mostly what I object to, → Pre-head – High head – High Fall Nucleus - Tail

the time it wastes. → Pre-head – High Fall Nucleus - Tail

○ It isn’t the television that wastes the time. → Pre-head – Falling head – Fall-rise Nucleus -
Tail

It’s you. → Pre-head - High Fall Nucleus

□ I know that. → Pre-head – Falling head - Fall-rise Nucleus

But I have a deep distrust of myself. → Pre-head – High head – Low Fall Nucleus - Tail

So it’s probably better → Pre-head – High head – Mid-level Nucleus - Tail

to avoid the occasion of sin. → Pre-head – High head – High Fall Nucleus - Tail

Don’t you think? → High head – High Rise Nucleus