conv01_74_frommountainto.wav : between "mountain" and "to" Ą could be a 1m Ą boundary-related tone but not sufficient lengthening for a 3 (or even maybe for a 2) RESPONDENT A #1: agree ANS (initial): Ą seems like start of new 3, ip, at "to" due to strong aspiration on /t/, on function word RESPONDENT A #1: agree ANS (initial) Ą caution: also released aspirated /t/ in "mountain", so both aspirated /t/s may just reflect careful speech Ą can't tell if tone reset on "to". RESPONDENT A #1: Hard to see on ÔtoŐ. pitch reset seems to be clearer on ÔbetweenŐ (H*). ANS #2: Query: Are we right to understand that the tonal evidence that makes this a 1m is the L- on ŇmountainÓ? RESPONDENT A #2: Yes. RESPONDENT B #1: We think that the F0 fall on "mountain" may be another (big) segmental lowering effect. The aspiration on "to" suggests a new phrase, but the aspirated /t/ on "mountain" indicates that speaker is a heavy aspirator. We hear this as one long phrase, with clear downstepping across--- but we note that the syntax is consistent with a phrase break after "mountain", and this is a good case where labeling can be influenced by the syntactic parse. If we attempt to disregard the syntax we think there should be a 1 break after "mountain". RESPONDENT C #1: I would go with 1m (L-). It sounds to me like two phrases, though there's none of the expected lengthening on "mountain". I also feel that the contour shows a pitch range reset after "mountain" (which you wouldn't be able to see until the accent on "between" anyway) -- albeit a very subtle range difference. We should toss this example Into the bins for "rhythm", "prosodic balancing" (a la Grosjean), and perhaps (subtle) "downstepping across phrases"?