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Location: Showamura/昭和村

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Subject 31

Sentence #1: お爺さんは本を読んだよ。
'Grandpa read a book.'
Sentence #2: お爺さんは本を読んだの?
'Did grandpa read a book?'
Sentence #3: 何か見える(よ)。
'I can see something.'
Sentence #4: 何か見える?
'Can you see something?'
Sentence #5: 何が見える?
'What can you see?'
Sentence #6: 遠くに猿が見える(よ)。
'I can see a monkey far over there.'
Sentence #7: 遠くに猿が見える?
'Can you see a monkey far over there.'
Sentence #8: 遠くに何が見える?
'What can you see far over there?'
Sentence #9: あの晩(ゆうべ)お婆さんはいろりばたで何を飲んだの?
'That evening, what did grandma drink at the hearth?'
Sentence #10: あの晩(ゆうべ)誰がいろりばたで何を飲んだの?
'That evening, who drank what at the hearth?'


DATA SUMMARY

Statements
Total: 4
Rising Intonation (Average): 75.0%
Falling Intonation (Average): 25.0%


Yes/No questions
Total: 3
Rising Intonation: 3 (100.0%)
Ending
yo
da-yo
Other
Count
1
1
1
Item #: 2, 5, 8


Single wh-questions
Total: 3

Rising Intonation (100.0%)
Ending
no
ka-yo
Other
Count
1
1
1
Item #: 6, 9, 10


Single wh-questions
Total: 3

Pitch Peak on Wh-phrase: 1
Pitch Peak on Wh-phrase (33.3%)
Ending
ka-yo
Other
Count
1
0
Item #: 9

Rising Intonation on Wh-phrase: 2
Rising Intonation on Wh-phrase (66.7%)
Ending
no
Other
Count
1
0
Item #: 6, 10


Multiple wh-questions
Total: 1

Rising Intonation (100.0%)
Ending
no
Other
Count
1
0
Item #: 11


Wh-questions Rising (all types): 4
Wh-questions Falling (all types): 0


Total Number of items: 11

Item: 1 (Sentence #1)
Target:
お爺さんは本を読んだよ。
ojisan-wa hon-o yonda yo
grandpa-Top book-Acc read Emph
'Grandpa read a book'
Elicited:
やっぱおらうちのお爺ちゃんは本当本を読んだのな。
yapa ora-uchi-no-ojichan-wa honto hon-o yonda no-na
right my-home-Gen-grandpa-Top really book-Acc read Emph
'Right, my Grandpa really read a book'
Type: Statement
Final intonation: Rising
Location: Showamura/昭和村
Subject #: 31
Age: 71
Sex: Female
Date: 2/22/2013





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Item: 2 (Sentence #2)
Target:
お爺さんは本を読んだの?
ojisan-wa hon-o yonda no
grandpa-Top book-Acc read Q
'Did grandpa read a book?'
Elicited:
お爺ちゃんはうんと本を読んだんだぞ?
ojichan-wa un-to hon-o yondan da-zo
grandpa-Top ? book-Acc read Q(?)
'Did grandpa read a book?'
Type: Yes/no question
Final intonation: Rising
Location: Showamura/昭和村
Subject #: 31
Age: 71
Sex: Female
Date: 2/22/2013





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Item: 3 (Sentence #3)
Target:
何か見える(よ)。
nanika mieru yo
something can-see Emph
'I can see something.'
Elicited:
何かめーるよ。
nanika meru yo
something can-see Emph
'I can see something.'
Type: Statement
Final intonation: Rising
Location: Showamura/昭和村
Subject #: 31
Age: 71
Sex: Female
Date: 2/22/2013





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Item: 4 (Sentence #3)
Target:
何か見える(よ)。
nanika mieru yo
something can-see Emph
'I can see something.'
Elicited:
何かめーるよ。
nanika meru yo
something can-see Emph
'I can see something.'
Type: Statement
Final intonation: Rising
Location: Showamura/昭和村
Subject #: 31
Age: 71
Sex: Female
Date: 2/22/2013





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Item: 5 (Sentence #4)
Target:
何か見える?
nanika mieru
something see
'Can you see something?'
Elicited:
何かめーるよ?
nanika meru yo
something see Emph
'Can you see something?'
Type: Yes/no question
Final intonation: Rising
Location: Showamura/昭和村
Subject #: 31
Age: 71
Sex: Female
Date: 2/22/2013





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Item: 6 (Sentence #5)
Target:
何が見える?
nani-ga mieru
what-Nom can-see
'What can you see?'
Elicited:
何が見えんな、そこに?
nani-ga mien na soko-ni
what-Nom can-see Q(?) over-there-Dat
'What can you see over there?'
Type: Single wh-question(?)
Final intonation: Rising
WhP Intonation: Rising(?)
Location: Showamura/昭和村
Subject #: 31
Age: 71
Sex: Female
Date: 2/22/2013





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Item: 7 (Sentence #6)
Target:
遠くに猿が見える(よ)。
toku-ni saru-ga mieru yo
far-Dat monkey-Nom can-see Emph
'I can see a monkey far over there.'
Elicited:
遠くに猿が見えるよだな。
toku-ni saru-ga mieru yo-da-na
far-Dat monkey-Nom can-see Emph
'I can see a monkey far over there.'
Type: Statement
Final intonation: Falling
Location: Showamura/昭和村
Subject #: 31
Age: 71
Sex: Female
Date: 2/22/2013





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Item: 8 (Sentence #7)
Target:
遠くに猿が見える?
toku-ni saru-ga mieru
far-Dat monkey-Nom can-see
'Can you see a monkey far over there?'
Elicited:
遠くに猿が見えるようだよ?
toku-ni saru-ga mieru yo da-yo
far-Dat monkey-Nom can-see as-though Q(?)
'Can you see a monkey far over there?'
Type: Yes/no question(?)
Final intonation: Rising
Location: Showamura/昭和村
Subject #: 31
Age: 71
Sex: Female
Date: 2/22/2013





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Item: 9 (Sentence #8)
Target:
遠くに何が見える?
toku-ni nani-ga mieru
far-Dat what-Nom see
'What can you see far over there?'
Elicited:
遠くに何が見えねぇかよ?
toku-ni nani-ga mienei ka-yo
far-Dat what-Nom see-not Q
'What can you see far over there?'
Type: Single wh-question
Final intonation: Rising
WhP Intonation: Peak
Location: Showamura/昭和村
Subject #: 31
Age: 71
Sex: Female
Date: 2/22/2013





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Item: 10 (Sentence #9)
Target:
あの晩(ゆうべ)お婆さんはいろりばたで何を飲んだの?
ano ban (yube) obasan-wa iroribata-de nani-o nonda no
that evening (evening) grandma-Top hearth-Loc what-Acc drank Q
'That evening, what did grandma drink at the hearth?'
Elicited:
ゆうべ婆ちゃんはいろりばたで何を飲んでたの?
yube bachan-wa iroribata-de nani-o nondeta no
evening grandma-Top hearth-Loc what-Acc drank Q
'That evening, what did grandma drink at the hearth?'
Type: Single wh-question
Final intonation: Rising
WhP Intonation: Rising
Location: Showamura/昭和村
Subject #: 31
Age: 71
Sex: Female
Date: 2/22/2013





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Item: 11 (Sentence #10)
Target:
あの晩(ゆうべ)誰がいろりばたで何を飲んだの?
ano ban (yube) dare-ga iroribata-de nani-o nonda no
that evening (evening) who-Nom hearth-Loc what-Acc drank Q
'That evening, who drink what at the hearth?'
Elicited:
ゆうべ誰誰がいろりばたで何を飲んでたの?
yube dare dare-ga iroribata-de nani-o nondeta no
evening who who-Nom hearth-Loc what-Acc drank Q
'That evening, who drink what at the hearth?'
Type: Multiple wh-question
Final intonation: Rising
WhP1 Intonation: Peak (Higher)
WhP2 Intonation: Peak
Location: Showamura/昭和村
Subject #: 31
Age: 71
Sex: Female
Date: 2/22/2013





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