Other function words that attract the nucleus
There are a few words that regularly attract the nucleus despite being function words: notably too and anyhow and their synonyms.
When used in the meaning 'also', too is usually accented. In this meaning it often comes at the end of a sentence or clause, and thus attracts the nucleus. Sometimes it is attached to the same IP as the preceding words, but sometimes it has its own IP:
Mary wants some ice cream, | and ▸Peter wants some, 'too. or
Mary wants some ice cream, | and 'Peter wants some, | 'too.
〉 I'm going to the library.
》 Oh, ▸I'll come, 'too. or
》 Oh 'I'll come, | 'too.
Exactly the same rules apply to its synonym as well and to the negative equivalent either
Mary wants some ice cream, | and 'Peter wants some, | 'too.
〉 I'm going to the library.
》 Oh, ▸I'll come, 'too. or
》 Oh 'I'll come, | 'too.
We're ▸going to the ⤵beach. | ▸Why don't ⤵you come along | as ⤵well?
I ▸don't like ⤵⤴Jim, and I ▸don't like ⤵Tammy, | either.
I ▸can't ⤵⤴sing very well.
》 ⤵I can't, | ⤵either. (=Nor can I.)
The too refers to the accented item that immediately precedes it:
I ▸don't like ⤵⤴Jim, and I ▸don't like ⤵Tammy, | either.
I ▸can't ⤵⤴sing very well.
》 ⤵I can't, | ⤵either. (=Nor can I.)
'I'm singing, | 'too. (= not only are other people singing, but so am I.)
I'm 'singing, | 'too. (= I am not only doing something else, but also singing)
(i) 'Mary's going to invite Peter, | 'too. (narrow focus on Mary: not only someone else invite him, but so will Mary)
(ii) ▸Mary's going to in'vite Peter, | 'too. (narrow focus on invite: not only will she do something else to him, but she will also invite him)
(iii) ▸Mary's going to invite 'Peter, | 'too. (narrow focus on Peter: not only will she invite someone else, but also Peter; or broad focus: not only will something else happen, but also Mary will invite Peter)
(ii) ▸Mary's going to in'vite Peter, | 'too. (narrow focus on invite: not only will she do something else to him, but she will also invite him)
(iii) ▸Mary's going to invite 'Peter, | 'too. (narrow focus on Peter: not only will she invite someone else, but also Peter; or broad focus: not only will something else happen, but also Mary will invite Peter)
The sentence adverb anyway and its synonym anyhow are almost always nuclear. They are said with a reinforcing fall (see
2.23
)
This i'dea may not ⤵⤴work, but let's ▸try it ⤵anyway. or... but let's ⤵try it, | ⤵anyway.
⤵Anyhow, | I've ▸got to be ⤵going | ⤴now.
⤵Anyway, | ▸why were you looking at my ⤵letters?
⤵Anyhow, | I've ▸got to be ⤵going | ⤴now.
⤵Anyway, | ▸why were you looking at my ⤵letters?