A Grammar of Spoken English Discourse - The Intonation of Increments

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  1. whatever they do it is our determination
    phr N V d N
    that they will never succeed in destroying what we hold dear
    W N V A+ E P N W N V E
    in this country and in other civilized nations throughout
    P d N+ c P+ dº e+ e N P


the world thank you
d N PHR (#)


Text 2


  1. I don’t think erm actually that it is anything to do with
    n v v' ex a w N V N V' p
    a loss of American infl uence at all
    d N P e N PHR (#)

  2. I think we’ve got to go back and ask what changed policy
    phr N V V' V' A c V' W V N (#)

  3. because policy has changed in the past few years
    w N V V' P d e+ e N (#)

  4. and what changed policy was September the 11th
    c w V N V N (#)

  5. that changed policy
    N V N (#)

  6. but actually before September the 11th
    c a+ a N+
    this global movement with a global ideology was already in being
    d e N p d e N V A+ P N (#)

  7. September the 11th was the culmination of what they
    N V d N+ p w N


wanted to do
V V' Ø (#)

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