Spontaneous Spoken Language
Syntax and Discourse
$477.39
- Hardcover
472 pages
- Release Date
26 March 1998
Summary
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 that the differences in syntax and the construction of discourse between spontaneous speech and written language bear on various areas oflinguistic theory, apart from having obvious implications for s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780198236566 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0198236565 |
| Author: | Regina Weinert, Jim Miller |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 472 |
| Release Date: | 26 March 1998 |
| Weight: | 845g |
| Dimensions: | 242mm x 164mm x 30mm |
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Critics Review
In this book [Miller and Weinert] not only argue strongly for the importance of the distinction between spontaneous speech and written language, but also demonstrate effectively its direct and central relevance to such areas of linguistic theory as historical change and language acquisition.'Australian Journal of Linguistics, vol.21many nuggets of valuable information and analysis … The authors display thorough knowledge and understanding of both formal and funtional linguistics and have bravely taken on the mantle of bridge-builders. With their rich data base and close analyses, they show that the convergence of views which is detectable in contemporary linguistics can be profitably put into practice.‘J.Lachlan Mackenzie, Linguistics, Vol.37, 2001
About The Author
Regina Weinert
Jim Miller is a Professor, Department of Linguistics at University of Edinburgh. Regina Weinert is a Lecturer in German Linguistics at the University of Sheffield.
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