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Spontaneous spoken language : syntax and discourse
- Title
- Spontaneous spoken language : syntax and discourse / Jim Miller and Regina Weinert.
- Author
- Miller, J. E. (James Edward), 1942-
- Publication
- Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©1998.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Weinert, Regina.
- Description
- xii, 457 pages; 24 cm
- 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.
- Subject
- Deutsch, ..
- Gesprochene Sprache
- Die Stadt ohne Juden
- Colloquial language
- Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax
- Discourse analysis
- Typology (Linguistics)
- Language acquisition
- Language Development
- pragmatics
- Diskurs
- Englisch
- Schriftsprache
- Syntax
- Taalgebruik
- Spreektaal
- Schrijftaal
- Vergelijkende taalwetenschap
- Zinsconstructies
- Taalverwerving
- Taaltypologie
- Taalonderwijs
- Syntaxe
- Analyse du discours
- Typologie linguistique
- Acquisition du langage
- Englisch
- Deutsch
- Russisch
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [427]-442) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. Sentences and Clauses -- 3. Clauses: Type, Combination, and Integration -- 4. Noun Phrases: Complexity and Configuration -- 5. Focus Constructions -- 6. Focus Constructions: Clefts and like -- 7. Historical Linguistics and Typology -- 8. Written Language, First Language Acquisition, and Education.
- ISBN
- 0198236565
- 9780198236566
- LCCN
- 97039156
- OCLC
- ocm37890388
- 37890388
- SCSB-378332
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library