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Yes, he's swimming.
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May 28, 2009 01:10 PDT
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Dear all
I would appreciate comments from you.
In one of the English textbooks used in junior high schools across the nation there is the following dialogue:
Mike: Look at this Christmas card!
Shin: What's Santa doing?
Is he swimming?
Mike: Yes, he's swimming.
Shin: In winter?
Mike: In Australia Christmas is in summer.
Shin: Oh!
I heard the falling nucleus on the repeated item 'swim on the CD:
YES, he's ＼SWIMming.
It seems to me that if the answer uses the same words as were in the question (not a short form) the speaker normally says the answer with rising intonation with a high pitch on 'he', then a slight dip and a rise on 'swim', whereas on the CD Mike replies with a fall on 'swim'. Should I interpret it to mean "Of course he is"?
Here are a few more examples:
a. Is this a book? Yes, it's a book.
b. Are you going? Yes, I'm going.
Tami
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