Readership: Students and researchers in linguistic theory, language acquisition, typology, and language change
Jim Miller, University of Edinburgh, and Regina Weinert, University of Sheffield
Review(s) from previous edition"In this book [Miller and Weinert] not only argue strongly for the importance of the distinction between spontaneous speech and written language, but also demonstrate effectively its direct and central relevance to such areas of linguistic theory as historical change and language acquisition. - Australian Journal of Linguistics, vol.21
"many nuggets of valuable information and analysis ... The authors display thorough knowledge and understanding of both formal and functional linguistics and have bravely taken on the mantle of bridge-builders. With their rich data base and close analyses, they show that the convergence of views which is detectable in contemporary linguistics can be profitably put into practice." - J.Lachlan Mackenzie, Linguistics, Vol.37, 2001
1: Introduction 2: Sentences and Clauses 3: Clauses: Type, Combination, and Integration 4: Noun Phrases: Complexity and COnfiguration 5: Focus Concentration 6: Focus Constructions: Clefts and like 7: Historical Linguistics and Typology 8: Written Language, First Languaeg Acquisition, and Education Epilogue References Index
