23.2948, Books: A Grammar of Spoken English Discourse: O'Grady

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From: Ellena Moriarty [Ellena.Moriarty at bloomsbury.com]
Subject: A Grammar of Spoken English Discourse: O'Grady

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Title: A Grammar of Spoken English Discourse 
Subtitle: The Intonation of Increments 
Series Title: Bloomsbury Studies in Theoretical Linguistics  

Publication Year: 2012 
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd
	   http://www.continuumbooks.com

Book URL: http://www.continuumbooks.com/books/detail.aspx?BookId=168764&SearchType=Basic 

Author: Gerard O'Grady

Paperback: ISBN: 1441148485 9781441148483 Pages: 272 Price: U.K. £ 27.99

Abstract:

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 tests the description of used language 
against 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 the added 
communicative significance that the incorporation of two systems of 
intonation ('Key' and 'Termination') bring to the grammar.

O'Grady reviews the literature and covers the theory before 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.

"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

Contents: 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 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Discourse Analysis

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Written In: English  (eng)

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