A Grammar of Spoken English Discourse - The Intonation of Increments

(C. Jardin) #1

Appendix 1 211



  1. now and (anyway)... fi nally this woman asked her if er
    A & a d N V N+ W
    A c a
    she could possibly
    N V a

  2. give her a lift home because it was freezing and this old lady looked
    V' N+ d N A W N V V' # & d e N V
    c

  3. really ill and my friend thought... (oh)... I’d better be nice
    E # & d N V N V V' E
    c ex

  4. and it was a bit out of her way but she thought she’d better do
    & N V d N P d N # & N V N V V'


21. the... do the right thing so she piles her into the car and they go
d V' d e N # & N V N P d N # & N V


  1. off... and as they are driving along she just happens to look across
    A # & a n v v' a N V V' A Ø #
    a PHR-V


23. and sees her hands... and they weren’t woman’s hands at all... they
& V d N # & N V e N P N # N
c Ø c


  1. were man’s hands... it ’s got hairy big hairy hands... the little old
    V e N N V V' e e e N d e e

  2. dear’s clothes on... a funny little hat and everything... but these big
    e N A d e e N & N # & d e
    c


Explanatory Notes

Brackets in the text line indicate that the element was not coded in the
grammar line of Brazil (1995).

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