02846nam 2200637 450 991082021050332120230721022853.01-282-38380-997866123838090-19-154382-9(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 generalSyntaxPsycholinguisticsSociolinguisticsColloquial language.Grammar, Comparative and generalSyntax.Psycholinguistics.Sociolinguistics.415Miller J. E(James Edward),1942-112379Weinert ReginaMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820210503321Spontaneous spoken language4106190UNINA