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A grammar of spoken English discourse : the intonation of increments /

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: O'Grady, Gerard
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Continuum, ©2010.
Colección:Continuum studies in theoretical linguistics.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.