Break indices are numerical values used to indicate the sense of disjuncture between adjacent words. The values 0, 1, and 2 are used within the intermediate phrase. The break index value 0 represents prosodic cliticization or the application of conjoining processes such as palatalization of /s/ and /t/ before “you” and “yours” between words. The break index value 1 represents the disjuncture between adjacent words without such strong cliticization effects, and 2 represents a somewhat greater sense of disjuncture, more than a 1, but not as much as a 3. This intermediate sense of disjuncture indicates a mismatch between tonal and segmental cues: either there is a phrase accent indicating an intermediate phrase boundary together with an ordinary rapid segmental articulation typical of phrase-internal junctures (0 or 1), or there is a virtual pause, with the tune of the potential intermediate phrase continuing across that pause. 3 then marks the end of an intermediate phrase, which should have some word final lengthening and sometimes a very short silence following the final lengthened word, in addition to the tonal hallmarks of being phrase-final (e.g. a phrase-edge tone of some kind, e.g. L- or H-). 4 marks the intonational phrase end, which is characterized by more pronounced word-final lengthening and possibly also a short stretch of silence, as well as the addition of a second phrase-marking pitch target, the boundary tone.