A Grammar of Spoken English Discourse
The Intonation of Increments
Published on 6. December 2010
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-1-4411-4717-2 (ISBN)
Description
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 literature andcovers the theorybefore 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.
Reviews / Votes
"Taking David Brazil's ground-breaking work on the grammar of speech as a starting point, O'Grady makes an important contribution to the analysis of unfolding real-time language. He assesses the strengths and weaknesses of Brazil's grammar and goes on to offer a developed version, using evidence from a corpus of read aloud speech. Perhaps his main contribution is in placing intonation more centrally in the description. His work will be of relevance to all whose interests are in understanding speech as process rather than product and the role of intonation in discourse." -- Martin Hewings, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, School of English, Drama and American and Canadian Studies, University of Birmingham, UK It provides a comprehensive and authoritative introduction for advanced learners in discourse analysis and would be highly informative to scholars in related fields such as sociology, and anthropology. * Discourse & Communication *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
570 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4411-4717-2 (9781441147172)
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Person
Dr Gerard O'Grady is a Lecturer in the School of English, Communication and Philosophy at Cardiff University, UK
Content
1. Introduction: the organisation of spoken discourse; 2. A review of A Grammar of Speech; 3. The psychological foundations of the grammar; 4. A linear grammar of speech; 5. The corpus and its coding; 6. Increments and tone; 7. Key and termination within and between increments; 8. Reviewing, looking forward and practical applications; Bibliography; Index.