class: center, middle, inverse, title-slide # Suspended IUs, Vocalism & Manner of Speaking ### Bradley McDonnell ### 2020/12/03 (updated: 2022-04-24) --- --- # Suspended IU The speaker momentarily pauses in the middle of an intonation unit—without either completing or abandoning/truncating the unit as such—while another speaker intervenes. --- # Suspended IU  <audio controls> <source src="audio/SuspIU1-SBCSAE016_1128-1130.mp3" type="audio/mp3"> </audio> --- # Suspended IU  <audio controls> <source src="audio/SuspIU2-SBC004_970-974.mp3" type="audio/mp3"> </audio> --- # Vocalism Vocalisms can be defined as sounds which are (1) produced with the same apparatus that produces speech (i.e. the human vocal tract), but (2) which are not a part of speech per se.  --- class: inverse, center, middle # Review examples on handout? --- # Manner of Speaking If we perceive that a speaker employs some distinctive quality in their speech, we hear it as introducing an element of significance, one which is likely to prove relevant to the framing and interpretation of the utterance at hand. - We employ HTML-like tags with a default <VOX> </VOX> - We can also use <SING> </SING>, <COWBOY> </COWBOY>, etc. --- # Manner of Speaking  <audio controls> <source src="audio/Vox-1-SBC0006_olderman.mp3" type="audio/mp3"> </audio> --- # Manner of Speaking  <audio controls> <source src="audio/Vox-2-SBC0003_smelloffish.mp3" type="audio/mp3"> </audio> --- class: inverse, center, middle # Review more examples on handout?