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Of the 933 increments read by the eleven readers only two or 0.21% failed
to comply with the condition that an increment must contain an instance
of falling tone. Both are readings of the identical stretch of text and are
presented in (11).
(11) TERrorism brings the re\/PRIsal // the reprisal brings the
N V d N+ d N V d
adDITional \/HATred //and the adDITional \/HAtred //
e N+ c d e N
BREEDS the additional \/TERrorism // and \/SO on //
V d e N PHR
[T2-Mh-22]TERrorism brings the re\/PRIsal // the re↓PRIsal brings the
N V d N+ d N V d
ad\/DITional hatred // the adDITional hatred /BREEDS //
e N+ d e N+ V
the adDITional \/TERrorism // and \/SO on //
d e N PHR
[T2-Dmc-21]It is noticeable that Mh strings together 5 tone units with fall-rise tone and
that Dmc produces 4 fall-rise tones: her selection of a rise on the v element
breeds appears to signal her announcement of the object that is bred. Both
readers’ tone choices indicate that they construed the chain of elements as
a sequence of unspoken implications relating to the futility of the circle of
violence. But the chain of elements in (11) does not achieve target state
because the speakers have projected a context where the hearer’s cognitive
environment has not been modifi ed. Chapter 6 provides a more extended
discussion of tone meaning in increments.
5.4 Grammar Coding of the Corpus
This subsection provides examples taken from corpus which illustrate
the internal workings of the chains and it evaluates how the alterations
and additions suggested in Chapter 4 functioned in practice. The coding
proposed proved to be inadequate and so four new categories of elements