Spontaneous spoken language : syntax and discourse /
Jim 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 th...
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Oxford [England] : New York :
Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press,
©1998.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=98487 |
Table of Contents:
- 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.