| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 314 pages) |
| Series |
Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today ; v. 106 |
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Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 106.
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| 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 |
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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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Parenthetical constructions.
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Linguistics.
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Linguistics
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linguistics.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Parenthetical constructions
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Linguistics
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Tussenzinnen.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dehé, Nicole.
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Kavalova, Yordanka.
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| LC no. |
2007009986 |
| ISBN |
9789027291998 |
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9027291993 |
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9027233705 |
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9789027233707 |
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1282152645 |
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9781282152649 |
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9786612152641 |
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6612152648 |
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