From Speaking to Grammar

Speech is primary in human communication, with linguistic signs realized orally and only a few languages having a written form. This book aims to place spontaneous spoken texts at the center of linguistic analysis, integrating different point of views to understand the features that affect the grammaticality of languages. The essays collected present a rigorous qualitative and quantitative analysis of corpus-based and corpus-driven data with diachronic, typological, sociolinguistic, psycholinguistic, and educational objectives, opening up new perspectives in linguistics and challenging the relationship between the linguistic system and external factors.

Format: Hardback
Length: 270 pages
Publication date: 15 March 2022
Publisher: Peter Lang AG

Speech holds a paramount role in human communication, encompassing various perspectives. Throughout the evolution of our species, linguistic signs initially emerged through oral communication. In the vast expanse of human history, a limited number of languages possessed a written form. Until recent times, access to writing was reserved for a minority. However, it is the spoken uses of language that predominantly shape our experiences and interactions with others. The majority of our daily actions involve the utilization of spoken language. In essence, the speech mode constitutes the native usage of language, shaping the entirety of communicative life for individuals and communities.

Given these considerations, this book seeks to elevate spontaneous spoken texts to the forefront of linguistic analysis. The inclusion of speech usage in general grammar is essential not only to account for spoken communication but also to gain a more realistic understanding of what a language truly is. It follows that linguistic analysis necessitates a comprehensive understanding of speech properties, as well as the integration of diverse viewpoints to assess the impact of these features on the grammaticality of languages.

The essays compiled within this book represent the scholarly endeavors of researchers who have conducted rigorous qualitative and quantitative analysis of diverse corpus-based and corpus-driven data, with diachronic, typological, sociolinguistic, psycholinguistic, and educational objectives in mind. A intricate framework emerges, offering fresh perspectives in numerous fields of linguistics and prompting a reevaluation of the relationship between the linguistic system and traditionally external factors. By investigating speech, linguistics gains new data and presents novel theoretical viewpoints.

Dimension: 210 x 148 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783631861608
Edition number: New ed