Prosodic Patterns in English Conversation

audio examples for Chapter 13: Stance-Related Constructions

Seeking Empathy and Agreement

13.1) I'd feel wrong graduating in May and still having a class left over

13.2) I really want to do a Masters, and probably a Ph.D., but um

13.3) but I asked, like, really nice

13.4) uh, pretty good I'm getting As in all my classes

13.5) well, I didn't see the stop sign ...

13.6) this was a tree; this was not an El Paso small tree ...

13.7) they had two costumes; they had a pink unicorn ...

13.8) when I play online, I get so many `get back to the kitchen's

13.9) but these topics are ... we wouldn't talk about this in normal life

13.10) she knows we're enjoying the class

13.11) I haven't learned anything in, what's the other one? // programming? // Programming Languages. Well

13.12) all these people talk about it, and I've never

13.13) we should ... kind of like, we should honestly do the homework on Monday or something

13.14) oh, yeah, it would have; you would have been set

13.15) Mommy, Jimmy's bothering me!

13.16) could you help me out with some money for food?

Expressing Independence and Indifference

13.17) I managed to fix it in the session, so he only took off one point for that

13.18) alright, I'll probably watch it then

13.19) it depends. I dunno.

Appealing to Shared Knowledge with Nasal Voice

13.20) can I help who's next?

13.21) can you see who's next?

13.22) since this is on sale, there are no refunds or exchanges

13.23) it's under the sign that says no refunds or exchanges

13.24) it's annoying, how much homework is given

13.25) hey, could you guys keep it down? (polite)

13.26) unh-uh

Explaining

13.27) this is a temperature sensor, it's located in Antarctica, and for this time frame

13.28) that's going to be the fifth one

13.29) I like Android development