ABSTRACT
It is clear (see chapter 3) that normally one tone-group is coextensive with a single clause. We are here concerned with factors determining the choice of a particular tone-group with a particular clause. The situation seems fairly simple: the fall (A) normally (neutrally) co-occurs with the final clause in a sentence, and indeed may be one of the signals of the end of a sentence, although there are final clauses with other intonation patterns, as we shall see. Conversely, a fall rarely coincides with a non-final clause, and it only does so under certain circumstances which can be described. The drop (B) normally (neutrally) occurs in non-final position, although it may be final for special effect, as we shall also see. An example containing both these types of tone-group is:
175. Pale gari likaja] , likanichukua]II nikaenda mpaka thiata.] III (N146-148)
'There and then the vehicle arrived and took me, and I went to the operating theatre. '
