Question 1: Timing gaps

For the following clip, time the gaps on lines 2 and 5.

01 Glen:   What’s this:_
02         (xx)
03 Sybil:  My:: pretend schedu:le,
04 Gle:    HH!
05         (xx)
06 Helen:  Whaddeyou doing.

Which of the following timings is correct?

a) 0.8 and 2.0
b) 1.0 and 2.2
c) 0.5 and 1.0
d) 0.6 and 2.5
e) 1.2 and 2.2
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Questions 2 and 3: Overlapping talk

For the following clip, listen to the onset of the overlapping talk on lines 1&2, 4&5.

01  ASH:     The blonde guy?
02  BRI:     Yeah. Jeff.
03           (.)
04  BRI:     Brown hair:.
05  LYD:     >Brown hair.<

Question 2

Which of the following transcripts best represents the overlap for lines 1-2?

a) 01  ASH:     The blonde [guy?    ]
   02  BRI:                [Yeah. Je]ff.
b) 01  ASH:     The blonde [guy? ]
   02  BRI:                [Yeah.] Jeff.
c) 01  ASH:     The [blonde guy?]
   02  BRI:         [Yeah. Jeff.]
d) 01 ASH:     The bl[onde guy?]
   02  BRI:          [Yeah.  Je]ff.
e) None of the above
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Question 3

Which of the following transcripts best represents the overlap for lines 4&5?

a) 04  BRI:         Bro[wn hair:.]
   05  LYD:            [>Brown ha]ir.<

b) 04 BRI:         [Brown hair: .]
   05 LYD:         [>Brown hair.<]

c) 04 BRI:         Brown ha[i r: .]
   05 LYD:                 [>Brown] hair.<

d) 04 BRI:         Brown [  hair: .]
   05 LYD:               [>Brown ha]ir.<
e) None of the above
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Questions 4 and 5: Rate of speech

For the following clip, listen to the rate at which the talk is produced:

01  BRI:   O:kay.=R’member Va:l’s fi:rst (0.6) boyfriend¿=
02  LYD:   =.HHHHH! (.) The cute one with the brown hai:r¿

Question 4

Which words should be put inside these marks: <   >

a) Okay. Remember
b) Val’s first
c) The cute one with the brown hair
d) Remember Val’s first
e) Okay. Remember Val’s first boyfriend
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Question 5

Which words should be put inside these marks: >   <

a) Val’s first boyfriend
b) The cute one with the brown
c) Okay
d) Val’s first
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Question 6: Colons

Listen to the following segment, focusing on the sound stretching

1     LIZ:   C’n I move this bag?
2            (0.5)
3     MON:   Hm  mm,

What is the best representation of “bag” in line 1?

a) bag
b) ba:g
c) ba::g
d) ba:::g
e) >bag<
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Question 7: Left push

Listen to the following segment:

1     MON:  [I dunno] if that- like they cha:nged it¿
2           (0.2)
3     MON:  .h n(h)ow c(h)ause a bunch- Didju know they made
4           over a million dolla:rs¿
5     LIZ:  Hm mm:,
6           (.)
7     MON:  in fuckin parking ticket[s​

Which word should be preceded by a “left push”:

a) changed it (line 1)
b) Didju (line 3)
c) they (like 3)
d) fuckin (line 7)
e) none of the above
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