INTONATION

Apuntes

•Intonational Phrasing g) When the subject of coordinate clauses is ellipted, there is usually no intonation break. • She was sitting and thinking. h) If a new sentence involves a change of grammatical subject, the subject (especially if not a pronoun) tends to have its own IP. • We’ll arrive at about ten. / The children can come along later. i) When the object or another complement is ellipted, there is typically no intonation break after the first verb, provided the subject remains unchanged. • Peter likes and trusts him. j) In coordinate clauses with different subjects and verbs but ellipted objects, an intonation break after each verb is almost mandatory. • Mary’s prepared / and we have all just eaten / a delicious meal. • Tag questions tend to have their own IP. • We could do it tomorrow / couldn’t we? •Parallel Structures a) Items in a list may be separated by intonation breaks or not. This applies to parallel words, phrases, or strings of letters or numbers. • For parallel words or phrases, an intonation break after each component is likely if there are more than two or if the components are heavy. • I come in on Mondays, / Wednesdays / and Fridays. •...