A Grammar of Spoken English Discourse - The Intonation of Increments

(C. Jardin) #1

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  1. and our thoughts and prayers of course are with the victims
    c d N c dº N a V P d N


and their families

c d N (#)


  1. it’ s my intention to leave the G8 within the next couple of hours
    N V d N+ V' d N P+ d e e P dº N (#)

  2. and go down to London
    c Ø V' A+ P N (#)^4

  3. and get a report face to face with the police
    c Ø V' d N phr P d N
    and the emergency services and the ministers that have been
    c d N c d N W V V'
    dealing with this
    V' P N (#)

  4. and then to return later this evening
    c a Ø V' A d N (#)^5

  5. it is the will of all the leaders at the G8
    N V d N P+ d d N P d N
    however that the meeting should continue in my absence
    c W d N V V' P d N (#)

  6. that we should continue to discuss the issues
    Ø w N V V' V' V' d N+
    that we were going to discuss
    W N V V' V' (#)^6

  7. and reach the conclusions which we were going to reach
    c Ø V' d N+ W N V V' V' Ø (#)

  8. each of the countries around that table
    n p+ d N p d n
    has some experience of the effects of terrorism
    V d N P+ d N P N (#)

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