A Grammar of Spoken English Discourse - The Intonation of Increments

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A Grammar of Spoken English Discourse The Intonation of Increments Gerard O’Grady Continuum Studies in Theoretical Linguistics ...

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Contents List of Figures vi List of Tables vii Acknowledgements ix Transcription Symbols x Part I Setting the Scene Chapter 1 In ...

List of Figures Figure 2.1 Adapted from Brazil (1995: 51) 20 Figure 5.1 Variation in extent of tone units 118 Figure 5.2 Text 1 ...

List of Tables Table 2.1 The communicative value of key and termination from Brazil (1997) 28 Table 2.2 The communicative value ...

viii List of Tables Table 7.6 Number of high keys/terminations in increment initial, medial and fi nal position 178 Table 7.7 Th ...

Acknowledgements This book started life at the University of Birmingham during my time as a PhD student. Many thanks are due to ...

Transcription Symbols Intonation / Rising tone \ Falling tone \/ Falling-Rising tone /\ Rising-Falling tone − Level tone ↑WORD H ...

Transcription Symbols xi W Open selector CON Convention P Preposition PHR Phrase: series of elements treated as a single lexical ...

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Part I Setting the Scene ...

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Chapter 1 Introduction: The Organization of Spoken Discourse In 1995, David Brazil published A Grammar of Speech which he descri ...

4 A Grammar of Spoken English Discourse interlocutors are so tuned into the discourse that they can effortlessly produce a seaml ...

Introduction: Organization of Spoken Discourse 5 speakers employ to structure their utterances in the pursuit of their indi- vid ...

6 A Grammar of Spoken English Discourse tone units long. Before proceeding with the outward exploration of the grammar it is fi ...

Introduction: Organization of Spoken Discourse 7 a string of information units which move the discourse from an initial to a tar ...