Tape Unit 19. Transcription of connected speech

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 535.

Tape Unit 18. Intonation – extracts from conversation.

The following extracts are from the same recorded conversations as were used in Tape Unit 14. Each extract will be heard three times, with four or five seconds between repetitions. Mark the intonation; the instructions for how to do this are given in the text for Tape Unit 17, Exercise 4. In addition, for numbers 10-16 you will need to use the vertical line | to separate tone-units. You should expect this tape to be more difficult than previous intonation tapes.

Transcription

ONE-TONE UNITS

1. it looks like a French magazine

2. the television is plugged in

3. does your colander have a handle

4. ('s) a flap on it

5. you tell me about yours

6. well dark hair

7. more than halfway

8. but er not in the other corners

9. a sort of Daily Sketch format newspaper

TWO TONE-UNITS

10. on the top of the lid

11. well they're on alternate steps they're not on every step

12. what about the vent at the back

13. and a lady's handbag hanging on a nail on the wall

14. you do the left hand bit of the picture and I'll do the right hand bit

15. were being very particular but we just haven't hit upon one of the differences yet

THREE TONE-UNITS

16. and what about your television two knobs in the front

Listen to the recording on which this exercise is based:

it was rather frightening because there there are scores of these bicycles and er you really have to have your wits about you all the time because the you know they stop suddenly and its awkward because the traffic regulations are more honoured in the breach than the observance I'm not in not really sure what regulations there are er for instance the er traffic lights red red lights do not apply if you're turning right erm which means that if you're coming up to a traffic light and there's erm someone stopped who wants to go straight on or turn left and you want to turn right then you pull out overtake them and then cut across in front

The above passage will now be heard divided up into 17 tone-units, each of which will be heard twice. Incomplete tone-units (those without a nucleus) are omitted. The main object of the exercise is to transcribe the intonation; however, for a harder exercise taking more time, you can also write a transcription using phonemic symbols plus any non-phonemic symbols you may need.

it was rather frightening

because there are scores

of these bicycles

you really have to

have your wits about you

all the time

because the you know they stop suddenly

its awkward

because the traffic regulations

are more honoured in the breach

than the observance

I'm not in not really sure what

regulations there are

for instance

the er traffic lights

red red lights

do not apply

if you're turning right

which means that

if you're coming up to a traffic light

someone stopped

who wants to go straight on

or turn left

and you want to turn right

then you pull out

overtake them

and then cut across

in front