ONSET ON A FUNCTION WORD5.14

• 'Who wrote the re'portINTERROGATIVE WH- WORDS

• 'This is the 'officer | who 'wrote the re'portRELATIVE WH- WORDS (unaccented)

• 'That’s an interesting 'pointDEMOSTRATIVES (this, that, these, those)

• 'There he 'sat, | 'drinking his 'beer - There’s 'nothing we can 'doTHERE (as an adverb of place - initial) [NOT as a PRONUON]

• 'Are you 'ready? Or Are you 'ready?AUXILIARY or MODAL (YES-NO QUESTION)

• I 'used to live in San Di'egoMODAL OUGHT, USED, NEED, DARE

• 'Haven’t we been here be'fore? Or I’m 'not quite 'sureINITIAL CONTRACTED NEGATIVE – SO THE WORD NOT

• They’re going to be 'late for 'work or They’re 'going to be late for 'work AUXILIARIES and MODALS (AVOID A LONG PREHEAD)

OTHER MODALS: MAY, MIGHT AND SHOULD• He 'may have for'gotten

MUST to express and INFERENCE (not if OBLIGATION)• She 'must be nearly 'sixty by now

PRONOUNS (CONTRASTIVE – COORDINATED, SIGNAL CHANGE OF SUBJECJ OR OBJECT)• 'You and 'I | could 'sort it out 'quickly or 'Bill told 'Mary, | and then 'she told 'Jennifer

YOU (overt subject of an imperative, implicitly constrastive)• 'You do the 'ironing | and 'I’ll wash the 'floor.

REFERENCE OF THE PRONOUN – HE – DEPENDS ON WHETHER IT IS ACCENTED OR NOT • Bill threatend Jim, | and then he 'hit him (= Bill hit Jim)• Bill threatend Jim, | and then 'he 'hit him (= Jim hit Bill )• Bill threatend Jim, | and then 'he hit 'him (= Jim hit Bill )

EVEN and ONLY when pointing fordware to the NUCLEUS • She 'only likes 'tea with her toast. (=not coffee)

PROPOSITIONS (IN, ON, BY AND FROM) AND SUBORDINATIONG CONJUNTIONS (IF, WHEN, ALTHOUGH) UNACCENTD

• By a re'markable co'incidence

PREPOSITIONS AND GRAMATICAL ITEM ARE COORDINATED• I 'go by 'bus | 'to and (')from 'work or 'If and (')when he re'turns, | we’ll 'ask him to ex'plain

• He 'may have for'gottenOTHER MODALS: MAY, MIGHT AND SHOULD

• She 'must be nearly 'sixty by nowMUST to express and INFERENCE (not if OBLIGATION)

• 'You and 'I | could 'sort it out 'quickly or 'Bill told 'Mary, | and then 'she told 'Jennifer

PRONOUNS (CONTRASTIVE – COORDINATED, SIGNAL CHANGE OF SUBJECJ OR OBJECT)

• 'You do the 'ironing | and 'I’ll wash the 'floor.YOU (overt subject of an imperative, implicitly constrastive)

• Bill threatend Jim, | and then he 'hit him (= Bill hit Jim)• Bill threatend Jim, | and then 'he 'hit him (= Jim hit Bill )• Bill threatend Jim, | and then 'he hit 'him (= Jim hit Bill )

REFERENCE OF THE PRONOUN – HE – DEPENDS ON WHETHER IT IS ACCENTED OR NOT

• She 'only likes 'tea with her toast. (=not coffee)EVEN and ONLY when pointing fordware to the NUCLEUS

• By a re'markable co'incidence

PROPOSITIONS (IN, ON, BY AND FROM) AND SUBORDINATIONG CONJUNTIONS (IF, WHEN, ALTHOUGH) UNACCENTD

• I 'go by 'bus | 'to and (')from 'work or 'If and (')when he re'turns, | we’ll 'ask him to ex'plain

PREPOSITIONS AND GRAMATICAL ITEM ARE COORDINATED