Prosodic Patterns in English Conversation

Chapter 7 Audio Examples

7.1) it gives me great pleasure to present you with this year's staff award

7.2) thank you for your service

7.3) good job

7.4) go Cougars!

7.5) stay on it; there you go

7.6) there's a good dog

7.7) what she wants is just a good dog

7.8) mm

7.9) mm

7.10) I always learn so much just by watching you

7.11) Daddy, next week, can I, um ...

7.12) I also really love the Boondock Saints

7.13) speaking of which, how do you feel about Monday: Monday's exam? // I feel good

7.14) it's really cool, like, coming up with a program, and then like being able to see, like, that program on someone else's phone

7.15) so, how's your semester going? // um, pretty good. I'm getting As in all my classes.

7.16) I don't want to stereotype // you can stereotype (laughs)

7.17) we all have our strengths and weaknesses, and that's hers

7.18) and that's hers

Bonus clips: Five Steps of Positivity, from Ward and Jodoin 2019.