A grammar of spoken English discourse
Subtitle: the intonation of increments
By: Gerard O'Grady.
Series: Continuum studies in theoretical linguistics
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9781441147172
Subjects: English language -- Spoken English; English language -- Intonation; English language -- Grammar; Critical discourse analysis; Speech acts (Linguistics)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the organisation of spoken discourse; title: Transcription symbols; title: A review of a grammar of speech; title: The psychological foundations of the grammar; title: A linear grammar of speech; title: The corpus and its coding; title: Increments and tone; title: Key and termination within and between increments; title: Reviewing looking forward and practical applications.