[B2] | weak phrase boundary |
[B3 rise] | strong phrase boundary with light rising intonation |
[B3 cont] | strong phrase boundary neither rising nor falling intonation |
[B3 fall] | strong phrase boundary with light falling intonation |
[B9] | irregular phrase boundary |
Speech is subdivided by intonational patterns, in other words utterances
are combined into prosodical units while speaking. To show these units we
decided to label the phrase boundaries. We're differentiating three types
of boundaries with one of them divided into another three subcategories.
w001_ptd_001_AAA: kannst du den [B2] Videorekorder
programmieren ?
w001_ptd_001_AAA: kannst du den [B2] VideorekorderNote:
programmieren [B3 fall] ? hallo [B3 rise] ?
[B3 rise], [B3 fall] or [B3 cont] are placed independently of punctuation. Thus, a period does not necessarily generate a [B3 fall] and a question mark not necessarily a [B3 rise].
w001_ptd_001_AAA: wie lang brauchs= [B9] <*T>t
w001_ptd_001_AAA: was +/machen s=/+ [B9] machst
du da [B3 rise] ?