Transcription Symbols
Intonation
/ Rising tone
\ Falling tone
\/ Falling-Rising tone
/\ Rising-Falling tone
− Level tone
↑WORD High-Key
↓WORD Low-Key
↑WORD High-Termination
↓WORD Low-Termination
WORD Tonic word: word containing major tone movement in tone unit
// Tone unit boundary
... Incomplete Tone Unit
When discussing Brazil’s work the following alternate intonation conventions are used:
p proclaiming/falling tone
p+ proclaiming/falling-rising tone dominant
r referring/falling-rising tone
r+ referring/rising tone dominant
o o/level tone
Grammar
N Nominal element
V Verbal element
V' Non-fi nite verbal element
A Adverbial element
E Adjectival element