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In Chapter 3 we examine the theoretical underpinnings on which Brazil’s
grammar rests. Some diffi culties, chiefl y with Brazil’s view of shared
knowledge and how this is projected by tone selections, are highlighted and
revisions are offered. Chapter 4 explores the feasibility of encoding speech
in a linear grammar and critically examines how to notate lexical elements
in the grammar. Chapters 5 to 7 represent the outward exploration of the
grammar. Chapter 5 describes the corpus used to test the grammar and
details the notation system employed. Chapters 6 and 7 test the grammar
against the corpus. The arguments presented in the book are concluded in
Chapter 8 which also sets out further areas where the grammar needs to
be developed.