11.1107, Qs: Subject-Verb Inversion, Corpora for Intonation

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Subject: 11.1107, Qs: Subject-Verb Inversion, Corpora for Intonation

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Date:  Tue, 16 May 2000 10:29:48 +0100
From:  "Paul Rowlett" <P.A.Rowlett at salford.ac.uk>
Subject:  Subject-Verb Inversion

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Date:  Tue, 16 May 2000 20:00:24 -0700
From:  Misty Azara <mazara at microsoft.com>
Subject:  Annotated Corpora for Intonation

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:  Tue, 16 May 2000 10:29:48 +0100
From:  "Paul Rowlett" <P.A.Rowlett at salford.ac.uk>
Subject:  Subject-Verb Inversion

Dear all,

"Damn!" said John.

The above example -- typical in fiction writing -- illustrates what
looks like (but which may well not be) subject-verb inversion in
English with a finite lexical verb. Interestingly, if the subject is
pronominal, the "inversion" is impossible; the non-inverted form is
needed instead.

*"Damn!" said he.
"Damn!" he said.

I have a student who wants to explore these facts, and who would
welcome information from anyone who knows where they might
have been discussed in the literature.

Please send responses to: J.A.Wilkinson at student.salford.ac.uk

Many thanks,
Paul

Dr Paul Rowlett, Head of French
School of Languages, University of Salford
Salford M5 4WT, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 161 295 4131
Fax: +44 (0) 161 295 5335


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Date:  Tue, 16 May 2000 20:00:24 -0700
From:  Misty Azara <mazara at microsoft.com>
Subject:  Annotated Corpora for Intonation


I am looking for corpora that has been labeled with prosodic information
(i.e. ToBI tags). If anyone knows where I might find such corpora, please
email me at mazara at microsoft.com. I will post a summary.

Thank you,
Misty Azara

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