Here are the votes of the York jury.
We would like to test the following bits of structure in sw feet:
a long vowels versus short vowels in 1st syllable
b ambisyllabicity versus nonambisyllabicity
c branching codas versus nonbranching codas in 1st syllable
These divisions give us heavy versus light foot-initial syllables
epiphenomenally.
We therefore propose 8 sets:
long ambi branching number of tokens
1 - + - 25
2 - + + 13
3 - - - 14
4 - - + 11
5 + + - 36
6 + + + 6
7 + - - 27
8 + - + 9
As you can see, the cells are far from being of equal size. We've
included all the possibilities below so that Sarah and Sebastian can
choose which tokens from the larger cells would be most suitable for the
test. Will 6 tokens be a large enough size? If not, we may have to ignore
one or two of the sets outlined here.
Hopefully at least some of this will coincide with Jill & Jana's plans.
Below are the tokens which YorkTalk can parse in a satisfactory manner.
Best wishes,
Paul (with John & Richard).
SETS FOR TESTING: YORK 19.01.99
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SET 1 (25 tokens)
1151 the beginning
1152 with a hammer
1153 to repel it
1154 to fill it
1155 for a berry
1161 he's a robber
1162 for a paddle
1163 in the rigging
1167 an apple
1168 for supper
1169 to stop it
1170 to get it
1171 to be written
1172 in a letter
1173 for a little
1174 it was lucky
1175 to hook it
1176 with a buckle
1182 to give it
1183 to be loving
1185 how was it
1191 to rebuff it
1192 for nothing
1193 it's massive
1195 it was delicious
SET 2 (13 tokens)
1140 we were comfy
1141 they're healthy
1142 very winsome
1143 to tense it
1144 they were selfish
1145 he begins it
1146 she becomes it
1101 it's a splinter
1102 it's candy
1103 they were belted
1104 to rebuild it
1128 he was acting
1129 to corrupt it
SET 3 (14 tokens)
1158 we begin to
1164 to rob them
1165 for a madman
1166 to hug them
1177 to stop them
1178 for a Chapman
1179 to get them
1180 for the witness
1181 to hook them
1186 forgive me
1187 to be loveless
1188 how is she
1197 to be off them
1199 for a bushman
SET 4 (11 tokens)
1147 to be selfless
1148 to rinse them
1109 to want them
1110 endless
1111 to belt them
1112 to rebuild them
1120 to arrest them
1122 to risk them
1124 he left me
1134 it was tactless
1135 to corrupt them
SET 5 (36 tokens)
1005 it was raining
1006 for a climber
1007 to be wary
1008 it's revealing
1010 to appal us
1011 to mine it
1018 to delude us
1019 to oblige us
1020 to probe it
1021 it was legal
1022 they made us
1023 with a needle
1024 in a harbour
1025 with a pager
1031 to write it
1032 to beseech us
1033 to his liking
1034 to grope it
1035 in her nature
1036 to soak it
1037 about it
1038 to be loopy
1047 to use it
1049 for teething
1050 to clothe us
1051 the confusion
1052 it's amazing
1053 his approval
1059 for the icing
1060 at the ocean
1061 they were leafy
1062 very toothy
1063 to race it
1064 to bath it
1065 to roof it
1066 a relation
SET 6 (6 tokens)
1074 they were dainty
1075 to remind us
1076 for a fielder
1077 they are revolting
1080 she returned it
1081 we recalled it
SET 7 (27 tokens)
1012 to train them
1013 to climb them
1016 to mine them
1017 the mailman
1026 to delude them
1027 to oblige them
1028 to probe them
1029 it was needless
1030 they made them
1039 to write them
1040 to beseech them
1041 in her likeness
1042 they were hopeful
1043 on a parchment
1044 to soak them
1045 about me
1046 to loop them
1054 to use them
1055 to relieve them
1056 to clothe me
1057 her amazement
1058 very gravely
1067 the enticement
1068 to unleash them
1069 they were lifeless
1072 to bath them
1073 to roof them
SET 8 (9 tokens)
1082 with a gauntlet
1083 to remind them
1084 to fold them
1088 she returned them
1089 we called them
1094 to boost them
1095 to ask me
1096 for the postman
1097 to clasp them
ENDS