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The fundamental frequency generator
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10.2 Input
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The output file from the PARSER provides phrase group information and the part
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of speech of individual words to the FO algorithm. The phrase groups which are
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recognized are noun phrases, prepositional phrases, verb phrases, and verbal
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groups. The parts of speech are grouped so as to be more useful in determining
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how they affect the FO contour. The word classes listed in Table 10-1 below are
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given in order of their potential to affect the contour. Those parts of speech in
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parentheses are provided by the FO algorithm, but are not used directly in the lex-
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icon. A reflexive pronoun, for example, is listed in the lexicon as having the part
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of speech PRONOUN and the feature REFLEXIVE. It is passed to the FO algo-
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rithm simply as a PRONOUN.
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Table 10-1: Relative peak levels of words according to their parts of speech
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Level Part of speech
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0 article
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1 conjunction, relative pronoun
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2 preposition, auxiliary verb, (unstressable modal, vocative)
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3 personal pronoun
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6 verb, demonstrative pronoun
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7 noun, adjective, adverb, contraction
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8 (reflexive pronoun)
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9 stressable modal
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10 quantifier
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11 interrogative adjectives
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12 (negative element)
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14 (sentential adverb)
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There are nine levels which are actually distinguished from one another.
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Those listed beginning with VERB, i.e., Level 6, are considered important enough
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to produce a peak in the contour. Words with these “important” parts of speech
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are referred to as “content” words. The relative height of the peak depends upon
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the order relation. The features “content” and “function” are also used in another
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module, PHONOI1, to label types of words. All “content” words in PHONOL1 are
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also “content” words in this algorithm. However, certain parts of speech which
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