A grammar of spoken English discourse : the intonation of increments

A grammar of spoken English discourse : the intonation of increments / Gerard O'Grady.

David Brazil's pioneering work on the grammar of spoken discourse ended at A Grammar Of Speech (1995) due to his untimely death. Gerard O'Grady picks up the baton in this book and teststhedescription of usedlanguageagainst a spoken corpus. € He incorporates findings from the last decade of...

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Main Author: O'Grady, Gerard
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Continuum, ©2010.
Series:Continuum studies in theoretical linguistics.
Subjects:
English language > Spoken English.
English language > Intonation.
English language > Grammar.
Critical discourse analysis.
Speech acts (Linguistics)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Phonetics & Phonology.
Critical discourse analysis
English language > Grammar
English language > Intonation
English language > Spoken English
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the organisation of spoken discourse
  • Transcription symbols
  • A review of a grammar of speech
  • The psychological foundations of the grammar
  • A linear grammar of speech
  • The corpus and its coding
  • Increments and tone
  • Key and termination within and between increments
  • Reviewing looking forward and practical applications.

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