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

"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-- 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"-- 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 Frontmatter pp i-vi Dedication pp vii-viii Contents pp ix-x Acknowledgements pp xi-xii Prologue pp 1-6 https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108552202.001 1 - Background pp 7-39 https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108552202.002 2 - Topics pp 40-104 https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108552202.003 3 - Complementisers pp 105-215 https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108552202.004 4 - How come? pp 216-292 https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108552202.005 Epilogue pp 293-294 https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108552202.006 References pp 295-328 https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108552202.007 Index pp 329-333