Olya
I'm a little worried about this - will you actually be marked for work
on this specific passage/task? If so, I don't think we ought to help.
If this is a practice task, however, it would be appropriate.
Please clarify.
Jane Setter
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> I need help and I'll be very thankful if you help.
> Here is a text:
>
> Sorry I'm so late, Joe.
> Oh...and I've brought you a little present.
> Not at all. Sarah couldn't come. I'm afraid, but she left a note for
me to
> give you; shall I read it you?
> Dear Jo, sorry about tonight. Hope to see you at my birthday party
next
> month. Love, Sarah. You've got her address, haven't you? I'll write
it down
> for you if you like...
>
>
> What I have to do is to:
>
> - highlight the noticeable words (with a prominent syllable);
> - print the prominent syllables in small CAPITAl letters;
> - to define the tones (fall or fall-rise);
> - underline the tonic syllable;
> - to mark the beginning and ends of tone units with two slanting
lines (//)
>
> And after that I have to explain what I have done. Please help me.
It's very
> important for my mark for the exam in English Phonetics and
Phonology in a
> week. Thank you! :)
>
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School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
The University of Reading
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READING RG6 6AA UK
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