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Intonation systems of English: Tonicity (Exceptions to LLI rule), tonality and tone.

KEY
1) Explain the tonicity (nucleus) choices in the following exchanges and sentences:

2) Mark tonality, tonicity and tone in the following dialogue:

Malory: ||We have to ˇ leave this place|or we are all going to `die!||
Cyril: ||`Everyone dies|sooner or ´later.||But while we are aˇlive,|I happen to be `president here,|
so I'm not going `anywhere.||
Soldier: ||Mr. ˇPresident,|we're being a>ttacked|by the American `army.||
C: ||´What?!||
S: ||And I `hate to tell you|this right ´now,|but the First Lady and ˇI|are having an a`ffair.||
C: ||Are you ´kidding me?!||
First Lady: ||He is `not.||I'm tired of `you|and your `war games.||It's `over!||
C: ||It's `not over!||You don't just turn it ˇoff!||It wasn't ˇmy war!||You asked ˇme,|I didn't ask
`you!||

Turn it OFF
Turn the comPUter off
With the noun we don’t accent the particle

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