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... asked him for it . III ' Half London's talking about you . ones we asked for . use the rest of them . suit me better than the morning . 1 food to ( 4 ) ' Those are ` nicer than the Re'member that ` we can The ' after'noon would I've ...
... asked him for it . III ' Half London's talking about you . ones we asked for . use the rest of them . suit me better than the morning . 1 food to ( 4 ) ' Those are ` nicer than the Re'member that ` we can The ' after'noon would I've ...
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... asked for permission to leave . She " asked for per , mission to leave . I ' hope " he's not there . ' Nothing can be " proved of course . It's ' not so " easy to do that . W Mixed Reading Practice . " How much did it ' cost . ' Why did ...
... asked for permission to leave . She " asked for per , mission to leave . I ' hope " he's not there . ' Nothing can be " proved of course . It's ' not so " easy to do that . W Mixed Reading Practice . " How much did it ' cost . ' Why did ...
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... asked . In most cases the speaker is repeating rhetorically a General Question that he has been asked , in which case the anomalous finite of the question is nearly always stressed , since it represents a " subordinate head " ( see ยง 40 ) ...
... asked . In most cases the speaker is repeating rhetorically a General Question that he has been asked , in which case the anomalous finite of the question is nearly always stressed , since it represents a " subordinate head " ( see ยง 40 ) ...
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adjectives adverbial clause adverbs affirmative afterthought anomalous finite asked break combination Compound Tunes contains contrast conveyed D'you divided double-stressed emphasis emphatic tone English intonation Exclamations express falling element falling tone feeling finished following examples frequently give grammatically hearer High Level Head High Level Tone High Prehead impatience imperative indicate initial Insinuating Statements interrogative word kinetic stress kinetic tones Level Prehead level stresses Lexical stress Low Level Head Low Level Tone manager'll meaning Mixed Reading Practice negative nice normal voice range normally unstressed noun nuclear stress nuclear tone occur partially stressed syllables Particular Questions Perfunctory pitch change pitch position possible preceded prepositions principal verb prominence Pronouns reporting phrase rising element sentence stress sorry speaker speech straightforward statement stressed word suggestion Tag Question tail tense There's tomorrow Tone IV Tune III Tune IIID Undivided Tone usually utterance Variant vocal cords vocative wait