Colloquial English: Structure and Variation (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, Series Number 158)

Drawing on vast amounts of new data from live, unscripted radio and TV broadcasts, and the internet, this is a brilliant and original analysis of colloquial English, revealing unusual and largely unreported types of clause structure. Andrew Radford debunks the myth that colloquial English has a substandard, simplified grammar, and shows that it has a coherent and complex structure of its own. The book develops a theoretically sophisticated account of structure and variation in colloquial English, advancing an area that has been investigated from other perspectives, such as corpus linguistics or conversational analysis, but never before in such detail from a formal syntactic viewpoint. ANDREW RADFORD is Emeritus Professor at the University of Essex. He has written nine books on syntactic theory and English syntax, including Syntactic Theory and the Structure of English (1997), Minimalist Syntax (2004) and Analysing English Sentences (2016), all published by Cambridge University Press. Machine generated contents note: 1.Background -- 1.1.Introduction -- 1.2.S-, S'-and S"-analyses -- 1.3.CP Analyses -- 1.4.The Cartographic Approach -- 1.5.Truncated Clauses -- 1.6.Summary -- 2.Topics -- 2.1.Introduction -- 2.2.Three Types of Topic in Colloquial English -- 2.3.The Derivation of Topics -- 2.4.Multiple Topic Structures -- 2.5.Topics and Complementisers -- 2.6.Topics and Other Peripheral Non-wh Constituents -- 2.7.Topics in Wh-interrogatives and Exclamatives -- 2.8.Topics in Relative Clauses -- 2.9.Summary -- 3.Complementisers -- 3.1.Introduction -- 3.2.Primary Spellout -- 3.3.Secondary Spellout -- 3.4.Complementisers in Embedded Wh-clauses -- 3.5.Complementisers in Root Clauses -- 3.6.The Nature of Complementiser Spellout -- 3.7.Summary -- 3.8.Appendix: Complementisers in Adverbial Clauses -- 4.How come? -- 4.1.Introduction -- 4.2.Zwicky & Zwicky's Reduction Analysis -- 4.3.Collins' Complementiser Analysis -- 4.4.Ochi's Spec-CP Analysis Note continued: 4.5.Shlonsky & Soare's INTP Analysis -- 4.6.Endo's FINP Analysis -- 4.7.A Factive Analysis of how come that -- 4.8.Other how come Questions -- 4.9.Summary -- 4.10.Appendix: Questionnaire on how come. Colloquial English Drawing On Vast Amounts Of New Data From Live, Unscripted Radio And Tv Broadcasts, And The Internet, This Is A Brilliant And Original Analysis Of Colloquial English, Revealing Unusual And Largely Unreported Types Of Clause Structure. Andrew Radford Debunks The Myth That Colloquial English Has A Substandard, Simplified Grammar, And Shows That It Has A Coherent And Complex Structure Of Its Own. The Book Develops A Theoretically Sophisticated Account Of Structure And Variation In Colloquial English, Advancing An Area That Has Been Previously Investigated From Other Perspectives, Such As Corpus Linguistics Or Conversational Analysis, But Never Before In Such Detail From A Formal Syntactic Viewpoint-- Andrew Radford. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 295-328) And Index. "Colloquial English Drawing on vast amounts of new data from live, unscripted radio and TV broadcasts, and the internet, this is a brilliant and original analysis of colloquial English, revealing unusual and largely unreported types of clause structure. Andrew Radford debunks the myth that colloquial English has a substandard, simplified grammar, and shows that it has a coherent and complex structure of its own. The book develops a theoretically sophisticated account of structure and variation in colloquial English, advancing an area that has been previously investigated from other perspectives, such as corpus linguistics or conversational analysis, but never before in such detail from a formal syntactic viewpoint"-- Provided by publisher "Colloquial English Drawing on vast amounts of new data from live, unscripted radio and TV broadcasts, and the internet, this is a brilliant and original analysis of colloquial English, revealing unusual and largely unreported types of clause structure. Andrew Radford debunks the myth that colloquial English has a substandard, simplified grammar, and shows that it has a coherent and complex structure of its own. The book develops a theoretically sophisticated account of structure and variation in colloquial English, advancing an area that has been previously investigated from other perspectives, such as corpus linguistics or conversational analysis, but never before in such detail from a formal syntactic viewpoint"-- Read more... "Colloquial English Drawing on vast amounts of new data from live, unscripted radio and TV broadcasts, and the internet, this is a brilliant and original analysis of colloquial English, revealing unusual and largely unreported types of clause structure. Andrew Radford debunks the myth that colloquial English has a substandard, simplified grammar, and shows that it has a coherent and complex structure of its own. The book develops a theoretically sophisticated account of structure and variation in colloquial English, advancing an area that has been previously investigated from other perspectives, such as corpus linguistics or conversational analysis, but never before in such detail from a formal syntactic viewpoint"-- Prové de l'editor "Drawing on vast amounts of new data from live, unscripted radio and TV broadcasts, and the internet, this is a brilliant and original analysis of colloquial English, revealing unusual and largely unreported types of clause structure. Andrew Radford debunks the myth that colloquial English has a substandard, simplified grammar, and shows that it has a coherent and complex structure of its own. The book develops a theoretically sophisticated account of structure and variation in colloquial English, advancing an area that has been previously investigated from other perspectives, such as corpus linguistics or conversational analysis, but never before in such detail from a formal syntactic viewpoint"_Contracub