A Grammar of Spoken English Discourse: The Intonation of Increments (Continuum Studies in Theoretical Linguistics, 2) - Softcover

O'Grady, Gerard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1441148485 ISBN 13: 9781441148483

Publisher: Continuum, 2012

Synopsis

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 tests the description of used language against a spoken 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 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.

About this title

Book Description:

Develops David Brazil's pioneering work on the grammar of spoken discourse, testing theory against a corpus.

About the Author:

Dr Gerard O'Grady is a Lecturer in the School of English, Communication and Philosophy at Cardiff University, UK

About this edition

• Publisher: Continuum
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1441148485
• ISBN 13: 9781441148483
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272