Phraseology and Culture in English

Appendix
Key to prosodic symbols used in the transcriptions 
Type Explanation 
# 
tone unit boundary
{ }
subordinate tone unit 
' '' 
degrees of stress 
^ onset 
\ fall 
/ rise 
= level 
\/ fall-rise 
/\ rise-fall 
\ / 
fall+rise 
/ \ 
rise+fall 
_ : !
degrees of booster
. 
brief silent pause 

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- 
unit silent pause 
--(-) 
longer than unit pause 
* yes * + yes + 
overlapping speech 
(( )) 
incomprehensible speech
> A A ) 
current speaker continues where he left off 
A,B 
A or B 
A/B 
A or B 
VAR various 
speakers 
? 
speaker identity unknown
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