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OverviewThis book develops Alan Brazil's pioneering work on the grammar of spoken discourse, testing theory against a corpus. Alan 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 conversational 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 entire literature and covers the theory before moving on to a practical, analytic section. His final chapter reviews the arguments, maps the road ahead and lays out the practical applications of the grammar. The book will be of great interest to researchers in applied linguistics, discourse analysis and also EFL/ESL. Continuum Studies in Theoretical Linguistics publishes work at the forefront of present-day developments in the field. The series is open to studies from all branches of theoretical linguistics and to the full range of theoretical frameworks. Titles in the series present original research that makes a new and significant contribution and are aimed primarily at scholars in the field, but are clear and accessible, making them useful also to students, to new researchers and to scholars in related disciplines. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Gerard O'GradyPublisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation Imprint: Continuum Publishing Corporation ISBN: 9781441174444ISBN 10: 1441174443 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 09 August 2010 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Electronic book text Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of Contents1. Introduction: the organisation of spoken discourse; 2. A review of A Grammar of Speech; 3. The psychological foundations of the grammar; 4. A linear grammar of speech; 5. The corpus and its coding; 6. Increments and tone; 7. Key and termination within and between increments; 8. Reviewing, looking forward and practical applications; Bibliography; Index.ReviewsAuthor InformationDr Gerard O'Grady is a Lecturer in the School of English, Communication and Philosophy at Cardiff University, UK Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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