Studies in English Language: Spontaneous Spoken English: An Integrated Approach to the Emergent Grammar of Speech

Alexander Haselow

ISBN 10: 1108417213 / ISBN 13: 9781108417211

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Studies in English Language: Spontaneous Spoken English: An Integrated Approach to the Emergent Grammar of Speech
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108417213
• ISBN 13: 9781108417211
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

A new, thought-provoking book on the theory of grammar and language processing, based on the analysis of authentic speech produced in real time. Drawing on insights from cognitive psychology, neurology and conversation analysis, the author offers a fascinating, easy-to-follow account of why spoken English is structured the way it is. The traditional product-based approach to grammar is given up in favour of a speaker-based, dynamic perspective that integrates language-structural, neurocognitive and dialogic aspects of speech production. Based on fresh empirical research Haselow argues that grammatical knowledge rests upon two cognitive principles of linearization called 'microgrammar' and 'macrogrammar', which are shown to interact in various ways. The book discusses a broad range of speech phenomena under an integrated framework, such as the omnipresence of 'unintegrated' constituents (e.g. discourse markers), ellipses, or the allegedly 'fragmented' character of syntax, and explains the mechanisms of processing efficiency that guide syntactic planning.

About the Author

Alexander Haselow is Assistant Professor of English linguistics at the University of Rostock, Germany. His current research focuses on the cognitive, dialogic and neural mechanisms underlying the production and perception of speech in real time. He is the author of Typological Changes in the Lexicon – Analytic Tendencies in English Noun Formation (2011) and co-editor of Final Particles (2015).