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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459525003321

Autore

O'Grady Gerard

Titolo

A grammar of spoken English discourse [[electronic resource] ] : the intonation of increments / / Gerard O'Grady

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum, 2010

ISBN

1-282-80645-9

9786612806452

1-4411-7444-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Collana

Continuum studies in theoretical linguistics

Disciplina

421/.6

Soggetti

English language - Spoken English

English language - Intonation

English language - Grammar

Critical discourse analysis

Speech acts (Linguistics)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Transcription Symbols; Part I: Setting the Scene; Part II: The Outward Exploration of the Grammar; Part III: The Inward Exploration of the Grammar; Part IV: Wrapping Up; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 tests the description of used language against a spoken corpus.   He incorporates findings from the last decade of corpus linguistics study, notably concerning phrases and lexical items larger than single orthographic words and ellipsis.  He demonstrates the added communicative significance that the incorporation of two systems of intonation ('Key' and 'Termination') bring to the grammar. O'Grady reviews the literat