function words

[Laada Bilaniuk]

***For the collector of stressed function words.

Sorry, I'm sending to the whole list, but I deleted the post requesting
examples of prosodically stressed function words--and then I came across
some.  Hopefully this will reach the original requestor:

Mon. evening, TV show on NBC called "Weakest Link".

The show host said:
"You ARE the weakest link" to dismiss a losing contestant.

Then the host said that after a commercial break they would return for

"the final round TO the weakest link."

I only watched a few minutes of this show, so I don't know if this is a
regular feature of the host's speech or not.

Cheers,
Laada

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Laada Bilaniuk
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
University of Washington
Box 353100/Denny Hall M32
Seattle, WA 98195-3100