Supraphrasal unities

1. In what way has the view of the text been enriched?

2. How are the higher units formed? How are they called?

3. Which type of relations do phrases within an SPU have?

4. What are the prosodic features which mark an SPU in spoken language?

5. What is the pitch level of the onset syllable in an initial phrase of an SPU?

6. What are the peculiarities of the speech tempo within an SPU?

7. What helps to mark the boundary of an SPU?

8. What is the distribution of nuclear tones within an SPU?

The division of utterances into intonation groups.

1. What is the division of sentences into intonation groups based on?

2. Which factor is the most important? Why?

3. What is another major characteristic in the division of sentences into intonation groups?

4. When is prosodic division optional?

5. What does the grouping of words in such cases depend on?

6. When is an intonation boundary obligatory?

7. What are the positions in the utterance where a pause occurs very seldom?

8. Which other factors does the number of intonation groups depend on?