PROSYNTH: PHASE 1 DATABASE
Jill House, January 1998
Group 2*
Note: Onsets not specified, because various throughout (to be
classified post-hoc)
- AG1 (fall); WI, WM, WF
- F1 (s w)
- S (heavy)
- R (VV)
- C (null)
they were `lying
pro`saic
com`pliant
to `see it
to `view it
- R (VVC)
- C (+ son, +ambi)
it was `raining
for a `climber
to be `wary
it's re`vealing
to pre`fer it
to ap`pal us
to `mine it
- C (+son, -ambi)
to `train them
to `climb them
to re`veal them
to ap`pal them
to `mine them
the `mailman
- C (plos/affr, + voi, + ambi)
to de`lude us
to o`blige us
to `probe it
it was `legal
they `made us
with a `needle
in a `harbour
with a `pager
- C (plos/affr, + voi, - ambi)
to de`lude them
to o`blige them
to `probe them
it was `needless
they `made them
- C (plos/affr, - voi, + ambi)
to `write it
to be`seech us
to his `liking
to `grope it
in her `nature
to `soak it
a`bout it
to be `loopy
- C (plos/affr, -voi, - ambi)
to `write them
to be`seech them
in her `likeness
they were `hopeful
on a `parchment
to `soak them
a`bout me
to `loop them
- C (fric, + voi, + ambi)
to `use it
to re`lieve us
for `teething
to `clothe us
the con`fusion
it's a`mazing
his ap`proval
- C (fric, + voi, - ambi)
to `use them
to re`lieve them
to `clothe me
her a`mazement
very `gravely
- C (fric, - voi, +ambi)
for the `icing
at the `ocean
they were `leafy
very `toothy
to `race it
to `bath it
to `roof it
a re`lation
- C (fric, -voi, -ambi)
the en`ticement
to un`leash them
they were `lifeless
very `toothsome
for a `spaceman
to `bath them
to `roof them
- R (VVCC)
- CC (C1 son ; C2 /t,d/, + ambi)
they were `dainty
to re`mind us
for a `fielder
they are re`volting
(polymorph)
he re`claimed it
they re`vealed it
she re`turned it
we re`called it
- CC (C1 son; C2 /t,d/, -ambi)
with a `gauntlet
to re`mind them
to `fold them
we re`volt them
(polymorph)
he re`claimed them
they re`vealed them
she re`turned them
we `called them
- CC (C1 fric; C2 plos; CC +ambi)
to `ask it
very `thirsty
he was `gasping
for `roasting
- CC (C1 fric; C2 plos; CC - ambi)
to `boost them
to `ask me
for the `postman
to `clasp them
(polymorph)
he ap`proved them
we be`lieved them
she a`mazed me
- R (VCC)
- CC (C1 son; C2 /t,d/, + ambi)
it's a `splinter
it's `candy
they were `belted
to re`build it
(polymorph)
they `banned it
they `bombed it
they `wronged us
we re`pelled it
- CC (C1 son; C2 /t,d/, -ambi)
to `want them
it was `endless
to `belt them
to re`build them
(polymorph)
they `banned me
they `bombed them
they `longed to
we `killed them
- CC (C1 fric; C2 plos; CC + ambi)
they were `resting
in a `hospice
it was `risky
- CC (C1 fric; C2 plos: CC - ambi)
to ar`rest them
with a `crispbread
to `risk them
(polymorph)
he dis`missed them
he `left me
she `pushed me
we `loved them
we `buzzed them
- CC (plos + plos; C2 +ambi)
he was `acting
to cor`rupt it
(polymorph)
he `begged us
they `grabbed us
she `licked it
we `dropped it
- CC (plos + plos; C2 - ambi)
it was `tactless
to cor`rupt them
(polymorph)
he `begged me
they `grabbed me
she `licked them
we `dropped them
- CC (son + fric; C2 +ambi)
we were `comfy
they're `healthy
very `winsome
to `tense it
they were `selfish
(polymorph)
he be`gins it
she be`comes it
- CC (son + fric; C2 -ambi)
to be `selfless
to `rinse them
(polymorph)
he be`gins to
it be`comes you
- S (light)
- R (VC)
- C (son, +ambi)
the be`ginning
with a `hammer
to re`pel it
to `fill it
for a `berry
- C (son, -ambi)
to `hang it
to `hang them
we be`gin to
to re`pel them
to `fill them
- C (plos, +voi, +ambi)
he's a `robber
for a `paddle
in the `rigging
- C (plos, +voi, -ambi)
to `rob them
for a `madman
to `hug them
- C (plos, -voi, +ambi)
an `apple
for `supper
to `stop it
to `get it
to be `written
in a `letter
for a `little
it was `lucky
to `hook it
with a `buckle
- C (plos, -voi, -ambi)
to `stop them
for a `Chapman
to `get them
for the `witness
to `hook them
- C (fric, +voi, +ambi)
to `give it
to be `loving
to be `jazzy
how `was it
- C (fric, +voi, -ambi)
for`give me
to be `loveless
how `is she
her `husband
- C (fric, -voi, +ambi)
he's `coughing
to re`buff it
for `nothing
it's `massive
to im`press us
it was de`licious
to `push us
- C (fric, -voi, -ambi)
to be `off them
to im`press me
for a `bushman
Summary of Group 2
- single AG
- single foot
- foot onsets may be WI or WM
- all feet are (s w) (in which weak syllable has genuinely weak
vowel)
- stressed syllables are both heavy and light
- rime types as specified on York's list
- codas include both + / - ambisyllabic possibilities
- onsets have not been specifically controlled
- No of tokens: 200