| Description |
1 online resource (x, 325 pages) : illustrations. |
|
Chinese language |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies in corpus linguistics,
1388-0373 ;
v. 32
|
|
Studies in corpus linguistics ; v. 32.
|
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-205) and indexes. |
| Contents |
A Corpus-driven Study of Discourse Intonation; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication; Table of contents; Acknowledgement; Introduction; Discourse intonation systems; Transcribing the Hong Kong Corpus of Spoken English (HKCSE); The iConc concordancing program; Tone Units; Prominence; Tones; Key and termination; Conclusions and implications; References; appendix 1; appendix 2; appendix 3; appendix 4; appendix 5; appendix 6; Author index; Subject index; The series Studies in Corpus Linguistics (SCL). |
| Summary |
The book is the first to apply David Brazil's Discourse Intonation systems (prominence, tone, key and termination) to the study of a corpus of authentic, naturally-occurring spoken discourses. The Hong Kong Corpus of Spoken English (prosodic) is made up of approximately one million words consisting of four sub-corpora of equal size, namely academic, conversation, business and public. The participants are all adults and typically have either Cantonese or English as their first language. The four Discourse Intonation systems are described in terms of how the system works and how they are manifes. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English language -- Intonation.
|
|
English language -- Intonation. |
|
English language -- Phonology, Comparative -- Chinese.
|
|
English language -- Phonology, Comparative. |
|
Intercultural communication -- China -- Hong Kong.
|
|
Intercultural communication. |
|
China -- Hong Kong. |
|
Cantonese dialects.
|
|
Cantonese dialects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
|
| Added Author |
Greaves, Chris.
|
|
Warren, Martin, 1962-
|
| Other Form: |
Print version: Cheng, Winnie. Corpus-driven study of discourse intonation. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2008 9789027223067 9027223068 (DLC) 2008037432 (OCoLC)244660693 |
| ISBN |
9789027289872 (electronic book) |
|
9027289875 (electronic book) |
|
1282104594 |
|
9781282104594 |
|
9789027223067 (alkaline paper) |
|
9027223068 (alkaline paper) |
|
