The level tone is used when the speaker needs a moment to prepare what s/he is going
next speaker takes his turn to complete the speaker’s utterance with a falling tone.
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reminds the speaker of what he mentioned before (see S4A/T23-U1, U2 in the table in
the Appendix). With a rising tone, he takes over the controlling role (see 2.5.2.(b)). In
<55>, level tone is associated with verbal planning in the next speaker’s utterance.
<52>
// ! figuring MAYbe i’d hear something that SHOULDN’t be there // #
some SOUnd // ! that SHOULDN’t be there // # an AMbulance … //
# a FIRE truck … // # like if you were in a PHONE booth // "
SOMEthing … // (S10/T33-U7, U8, U9, U10)
// ! but you DIDN’t because it ISN’t there // (S10/T34-U1)
<53>
// !# i KNOW it’s kind of irREgular // !# but mrs. WAGner // " is
WAIting inside … // (S6/T6-U2)
// # i TOLD you // ! to stay awAY from mrs. wagner // (S6/T7-U1)
<54>
// !# i supPOSE // ! it’s his PRIvilege // " SOMEtimes to … //
(S2/T14-U3)
// " you MEAN // # mr. hanlon was SORT of upSET today //
(S2/T15-U1)
<55>
// " so i // " i really HAVEN’t gotten everybody’s names stRAIGHT
// (S3A/T5-U3)
// " oh // " now // " now // !# that’s NOthing to WORry about //
(S3A/T6-U1, U2)
55>54>53>52>55>53>54>52>
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