Parentheticals / edited by Nicole Dehé and Yordanka Kavalova.

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 106.Publication details: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2007.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 314 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9789027291998
9027291993
9027233705
9789027233707

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Parentheticals.DDC classification:

415 22

LOC classification:

P293.35 .P37 2007eb

Online resources:

Click here to access online

Contents:

Parentheticals; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface; List of contributors; Parentheticals; Syntax and its interfaces; Spoken parenthetical clauses in English; Integrated parentheticals and assertional complements *; The complement of reduced parentheticals*; Long extraction or parenthetical insertion? Evidence from judgement studies; And-parenthetical clauses*; On the syntax and semantics of appositive relative clauses*; Invisible constituents?: Parentheses as B-merged adverbial phrases; Semantics/Pragmatics and their interfaces.

Reduced parenthetical clauses in Romance languages -Prosody and its interfaces; The relation between syntactic and prosodic parenthesis*; Quieter, faster, lower, and set off by pauses?; Name index; Subject index; The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today.

Summary: Parentheticals are a fascinating way of interrupting spoken and written utterances. This paper focuses on prosodic aspects of the analysis of such constructions in contemporary German. The investigation starts with a discussion of the prosodic features relevant to the study of parentheticals such as discussed in previous literature - intensity, articulation rate, fundamental frequency, pauses, and intonation contours - and, drawing on these features, goes on to discuss data from recent parliamentary debates. The results show that future prosodic studies should focus on the transition zone betw.

Item type:

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Collection	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Date due	Barcode
Electronic-Books	OPJGU Sonepat- Campus	E-Books EBSCO			Available

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Parentheticals are a fascinating way of interrupting spoken and written utterances. This paper focuses on prosodic aspects of the analysis of such constructions in contemporary German. The investigation starts with a discussion of the prosodic features relevant to the study of parentheticals such as discussed in previous literature - intensity, articulation rate, fundamental frequency, pauses, and intonation contours - and, drawing on these features, goes on to discuss data from recent parliamentary debates. The results show that future prosodic studies should focus on the transition zone betw.

eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.