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

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Author / Creator:	O'Grady, Gerard.
Imprint:	London ; New York : Continuum, ©2010.
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 255 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Continuum studies in theoretical linguistics Continuum studies in theoretical linguistics.
Subject:	English language -- Spoken English. English language -- Intonation. English language -- Grammar. Critical discourse analysis. Speech acts (Linguistics) Critical discourse analysis. English language -- Grammar. English language -- Intonation. English language -- Spoken English. Speech acts (Linguistics) Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11232409

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ISBN:	9781441174444 1441174443 9781441147172 1441147179 1282806459 9781282806450 9786612806452 6612806451
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-250) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	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 corpus linguistics study, notably concerning phrases and lexical items larger than single orthographic words and ellipsis. He demonstrates theadded communicative significance that the incorporation of two systems of intonation ('Key' and 'Termination') bring to the grammar. O'Grady reviews the li.
Other form:	Print version: O'Grady, Gerard. Grammar of spoken English discourse. London ; New York : Continuum, 2010 9781441147172

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