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follows: the orthographic transcriptions were checked against the actual
readings to ensure that there was an accurate orthographic record of what
each individual reader had read. Then the individual recordings were lis-
tened to and all the prominent/salient syllables were identifi ed. Once this
process was complete the subset of prominent syllables, which are tonic,
was identifi ed and the tone units boundaries were marked. The next stage
–3 –2 –1 0 1 2
Bc
Dc
Emi
Jt
Rf
Tr
Readers
Standard Scores
Figure 5.3 Text 2 variation in extent of tone units
–3 –2 –1 0 1 2
Bc
Bs
Dc
Dmc
Emi
Gc
Jt
Mh
Rf
Sn
Tr
Readers
Standard Scores
Figure 5.4 Text 2 variation in increment length