A01 cohe4573 01 se fm. Qxd

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Samples 1 and 2 from oral DCT data in Ishihara (2003b).
Catherine: Hi.
Chip: So, Catherine, you having a good time?
Catherine: Yeah. I am. Great music, I love it.
Chip: Do you live around here?
Catherine: Yeah, sort of.
Chip: So, where do you live? In the city or in the . . . ?
Catherine: Um, actually, I’d rather not say.
Chip: Well, listen, it’s nice meeting you wherever you live.
Catherine: Um . . .
Chip: So what’s your phone number? You think I could call you sometime?
Catherine: No, sorry. I don’t like to give out my phone number.
Chip: How about your e-mail address? Maybe I could write you an e-mail.
(continues)
2 DCT data
Sample 1
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Karen: So you know where the restaurant is?
Jeff: Yeah, oh, Karen, I meant to talk to you about that. I’ve got a big test Friday
morning, so I’ll probably stay home and study.
Karen: You don’t have to stay for the whole thing, but why don’t you stop by just
a bit?
Jeff: Well, I’ll try, but I think I’ll probably be studying all night Thursday. Sorry.
Sample 2
Karen: So you know where the restaurant is?
Jeff: Yeah, I know, but I don’t think I can make it this weekend. It’s just I got tons
of work to do, and yeah, I don’t think I can make it.
Karen: You don’t have to stay for the whole thing, but why don’t you stop by just
a bit?
Jeff: Um, yeah, I’ll see what I can do, I’ll try my best. Maybe I’ll just stop by for a
while. See what’ll happen.

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Samples 1 and 2 from Ishihara (2003b).
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Samples 3 and 4 from Félix-Brasdefer (2005: available online). To listen, go to the
window at the bottom of the page. At the top right corner of the window, scroll down
to choose an English version and click on the speaker icon.
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Accessed December 10, 2009.
3 Role-play data
Sample 1
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Alex: Hey, Keith! Are you excited about the big tennis match coming up?
Keith: Ah, you know, I was wondering if there’s room in your car for me to hop in
and ride with you guys?
Alex: Oh, well, uh, I already got four people. I don’t know. It may be too tight.
Keith: Oh, geez, well, the thing is, I talked to everybody else and nobody else
seems to be able to do it, and you live, you’re closer to me. I just can’t miss this
match.
Alex: Oh, well, I don’t know. I, I guess it might be all right.
Keith: I could, I could ride in the trunk here.
Alex: Yeah, man, that’d be cool. Ah, I tell you what. Uh, give me a call, and if one
of these people cancels or something, uh, we’ll try to work something out.
Keith: Great, cool. Sounds good! I’ll see you then.
Sample 2
Alice: Hi Christine, this is my friend, Rachel. Um, she also plays basketball very well.
Rachel: Hey, it’s nice to meet you, Christine.
Christine: (Christine smiles)
Rachel: Yeah, I’m Rachel. Um, I’m not on the team, but yeah, I love basketball.
Alice: Rachel’s really good, Christine.
Christine: (Christine nods)
Rachel: Oh, come on, now. I’m not that good. You guys are awesome.
Alice: (Alice talks to Christine) We should play two-on-one sometime while she is
still in town.
Rachel: That’ll be cool, yeah. So what position do you play, Christine?
Christine: . . .
Sample 3
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Listen to the audio and view a transcript of complaints in English: http://www.
indiana.edu/~discprag/spch_complaints.html
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