Colloquial English: Structure and Variation

ISBN-13: 9781108428057 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 344 str.

Andrew Radford (University of Essex)

Opis

A brilliant analysis of colloquial English, both its syntax and its variations, using novel data from live, unscripted radio and TV broadcasts and the internet.

Recenzje

'Radford demonstrates convincingly that colloquial English is as theoretically interesting and descriptively challenging as standard English. Expressing yourself informally does not exempt you from the constraints of Universal grammar.' Jan Terje Faarlund, University of Oslo

Spis treści

Prologue; 1. Background; 2. Topics; 3. Complementisers; 4. How come?; Epilogue.