{"product_id":"spontaneous-spoken-language-syntax-and-discourse-paperback","title":"Spontaneous Spoken Language: Syntax and Discourse - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJim Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRegina Weinert\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJim Miller and Regina Weinert investigate syntactic structure and the organization of discourse in spontaneous spoken language. Using data from English, German, and Russian, they develop a systematic analysis of spoken English and highlight properties that hold across languages. \u003cbr\u003eThe authors argue that the differences in syntax and the construction of discourse between spontaneous speech and written language bear on various areas of linguistic theory, apart from having obvious implications for syntactic analysis. In particular, they bear on typology, Chomskyan theories of first language acquisition, and the perennial problem of language in education. In current typological practice written and spontaneous spoken texts are often compared; the authors show convincingly that typological research should compare like with like. The consequences for Chomskyan, and indeed all, theories of first language acquisition flow from the central fact that children first learn spoken language before they are taught written language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJim Miller is Professor of Cognitive Linguistics, the University of Auckland.\u003cbr\u003e Regina Weinert is a Lecturer in Germanic Linguistics, the University of Sheffield\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 482\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 15, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67841042317619,"sku":"9780199561254","price":102.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/a-D2rIZLlf9780199561254.webp?v=1793398306","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/spontaneous-spoken-language-syntax-and-discourse-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}