A Grammar of Spoken English Discourse - The Intonation of Increments

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Appendix 3


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  1. I am just going to make a short statement to you on
    N V a V' V' d e N P N P


the terrible events that have happened in London earlier today (#)^1
d e N W^2 V V' p N A+ A



  1. and I hope you understand that at the present time
    c N V N V W P d e N+


we are still trying to establish exactly what has happened
N V e V' V' A W V V' Ø (#)



  1. and there’s a limit to what information I can give you
    c n V d N P d N+ N V V' N (#)

  2. and I ’ll simply try and tell you the information^3
    c N V a V' c V' N+ d N


as best I can at the moment
phr P d N (#)



  1. it’s reasonably clear that there have been
    N V A E W N V V'


a series of terrorist attacks in London
d N P+ e N P N (#)



  1. there are obviously casualties
    N V a dº N (#)


both people that have died and people seriously injured
d N W V V' c dº N Ø A E (#)

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