Chapter 11

Examples: 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 18 |
19 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 31 | 34

Figures: 11-1 | 11-2 | 11-3 | 11-4 | 11-5 | 11-6 | 11-7 | 11-8 | 11-9 |
11-10 | 11-11 | 11-12 | 11-13 | 11-14 | 11-15

Tables: 11-1 | 11-2

System:
The number you have dialed, Four? Four? Four? Four? Four? Four? Four? is not in service. Please check the listing and dial again. <click!>
 
(1)
You know. I don't. [So don't ask me.]
(2)
You know, I don't. [As a matter of fact, I really don't.]
(3)
You know I don't. [You know that I don't.]
 

TABLE 11-1

Five Meanings of "I Should Go"

  PROSODY MEANING

I should GO. Falling tone on stressed "go" [Neutral, default.]
I should GO? Rising tone on "go" Is that your advice?
I should go. Falling tone on "I" Not you!
I SHOULD go. Falling tone on "should" And I defy you to deny it!
I SHOULD go. Rising-falling tone on "should" But I don't think I will.

 
(4)
Somebody must have TAKEN it.
(5)
Somebody MUST have taken it. [It's no use your arguing.]
(6)
SOMEbody must have taken it. [ ... even if you didn't.]
 
(7)
System: I heard "Tennessee." Is that RIGHT?
Caller: No.
System: What about "Texas"? Is THAT right?
 
(8)
Caller: Get my messages.
System: You have no new messages.
 
(9)
Caller: Get my messages.
System: You don't HAVE any messages.
 
(10)
Caller: Bill payment.
System: What bill would you like to PAY?
Caller: MasterCard.
System: How much would you like to PAY?
Caller: Two hundred and fifteen dollars.
System: On what date would you like it PAID?
 
(11)
Caller: Bill payment.
System: Sure, bill payment. What bill would you like to PAY?
Caller: MasterCard.
System: How MUCH would you like to pay?
Caller: Two hundred and fifteen dollars.
System: And on what DATE would you like it paid?
 
(12)
EIGHT ay-EM
FOUR pee-EM
 
(13)
AY-em
PEE-em
 
(14)
... THIRteen, FOURteen, FIFteen, SIXteen, SEVenteen EIGHteen, NINEteen ...
 
(15)
Message fourTEEN.
Today is June fifTEENTH.
Today's high will be twenty-two degrees Fahrenheit, with a low of eighTEEN.
The New York Mets defeated the San Diego Padres twenty to thirTEEN.
 
(16)
You have SEVenteen messages.
The refund amount is THIRteen dollars and twenty-eight cents.
It's NINEteen degrees below zero, with the wind-chill factor of ...
... a SIXteen percent increase.
 
11.4.1
Rising-falling, final (e.g., "Four!")
Rising (e.g., "Four?")
Rising-falling, nonfinal (e.g., "If you guessed 'four' ...")
 
FIGURE 11-1
Sean Connery is from SCOTland.
I need to check my VOICE mail.
The new zip code is J zero FIVE.
 
FIGURE 11-2
Are you HUNgry?
Did I get that RIGHT?
Have you seen PAT?
 
FIGURE 11-3
As soon as Pat got home she called her lawyer.
To speak to an operator, press pound.
As of June twenty-third your account has been inactive.
 
FIGURE 11-4
Transferring | AMOUNT | from savings to checking.
 
FIGURE 11-5
We've got white, wheat, sourdough, and rye.
 
FIGURE 11-6
Here are some of the things you can ask for: driving directions, the traffic report, stock quotes, horoscopes, and sports.
 
FIGURE 11-7
Did you say DAY_OF_WEEK, MONTH ORDINAL?
 
FIGURE 11-8
What's your NAME?
What's the dePARture time?
Who is Howard ROURKE?
When's DINner?
FIGURE 11-9
What was your NAME again?
What was that dePARture time?
 
(18)
Caller: Get a quote.
System: Who do you want a quote for?
Caller: [utterance not recognized]
System: Sorry, who do you want a quote for?
 
FIGURE 11-10
Do you want soup, or salad?
 
FIGURE 11-11
French, italian, bleu cheese, or vinaigrette?
 
(19)
... with a high of twenty-TWO, and a low of thirTEEN.
 
FIGURE 11-12
two oh nine | six nine five seven
When you get home, give me a call
 
FIGURE 11-13
five five five | two oh nine | six nine five seven
When you get home, and if you have time, give me a call
 
FIGURE 11-14
five | five | five
two | zero | nine
six | nine | five | seven
 
FIGURE 11-15
five five five | two zero nine | six nine | five seven
 
TABLE 11-2
GROUP REQUIRED WAVE FILES DESCRIPTION

A 000, 001 ... 999 Triplet, nonfinal
B 00, 01 ... 99 Pair, nonfinal
C 00, 01 ... 99 Pair, final

 
(22)
Today, | it'll be partly cloudy, | with a high of | 67 | and a low of | 51.
 
(25)
This is the number I heard: 555 847 7037. Did I get that right?
 
(26)
Expiration date: October, oh-one.
 
(27)
Your card expires in October, oh one.
 
(28)
Here's what you can say: | "mailbox," | "address book," | "sports," | "news," | or "weather."
 
(30)
Here's your first new message. Firday, 9:45 a.m. Subject: [performance reviews]. Message from: [Mitzi Dalton Huntley].
 
(31)
Sure, sports! <pause> Oh, looks like that's not available at the moment.
 
(34)
First message: | "meeting time."

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