02880nam 2200649 450 991045540200332120200520144314.01-282-38380-997866123838090-19-154382-9(CKB)1000000000799231(EBL)472062(OCoLC)609850367(SSID)ssj0000366132(PQKBManifestationID)12118941(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000366132(PQKBWorkID)10432947(PQKB)10313262(MiAaPQ)EBC472062(Au-PeEL)EBL472062(CaPaEBR)ebr10358464(CaONFJC)MIL238380(EXLCZ)99100000000079923120141121h20091998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSpontaneous spoken language syntax and discourse /Jim Miller and Regina WeinertOxford, England ;New York :Oxford University Press,2009.©19981 online resource (482 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-956125-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Sentences and Clauses; 3 Clauses: Type, Combination, and Integration; 4 Noun Phrases: Complexity and Configuration; 5 Focus Constructions; 6 Focus Constructions: Clefts and like; 7 Historical Linguistics and Typology; 8 Written Language, First Language Acquisition, and Education; Epilogue; References; Postscript; IndexJim Miller and Regina Weinert investigate syntactic structure and the organization of discourse in spontaneous spoken language. Using data from English, German, and Russian, they develop a systematic analysis of spoken English and highlight properties that hold across languages. The authors argue that the differences in syntax and the construction of discourse between spontaneous speech and written language bear on various areas of linguistic theory, apart from having obvious implications for syntactic analysis. In particular, they bear on typology, Chomskyan theories of first language acquisiColloquial languageGrammar, Comparative and generalSyntaxPsycholinguisticsSociolinguisticsElectronic books.Colloquial language.Grammar, Comparative and generalSyntax.Psycholinguistics.Sociolinguistics.415Miller J. E(James Edward),1942-112379Weinert ReginaMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455402003321Spontaneous spoken language2150379UNINA