The Music of Everyday Speech: Prosody and Discourse Analysis

By Ann Wennerstrom

Book Overview

Recently there has been a growing interest among discourse analysts in incorporating prosody into the analysis of spoken language. Wennerstrom considers the role of prosody in a variety of discourse genres and offers an over-all framework within which future analysis might continue.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195143221
• ISBN13: 9780195143225
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.1"