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Peer reviewedWard, Gregory L. – Language, 1990
An analysis of a corpus of naturally-occurring data reveals that verb phrase preposing serves two functions in discourse: to affirm a speaker's belief in a salient proposition explicitly evoked in the prior discourse, or to suspend a speaker's belief in such a proposition. (29 references) (JL)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Language Research, Phrase Structure, Speech Communication
Peer reviewedBirner, Betty J,; Ward, Gregory L. – Journal of Linguistics, 1992
Demonstrates how syntactic constraints interact in the interpretation of Verb Phrase inversion. Specifically, it is shown that the auxiliary "be" is unique among auxiliary verbs in allowing VP inversion. (38 references) (VWL)
Descriptors: Linguistic Theory, North American English, Pragmatics, Structural Analysis (Linguistics)
Download full textWard, Gregory L.; Hirschberg, Julia – 1986
Analysis of an intonational contour generally used to convey uncertainty about the appropriateness of some evoked scale or scalar value (as in "Anna may marry Manny") is extended to accommodate both uncertainty and incredulity interpretations. This paper proposes a more general account of L*+HLH%, based on an acoustic and pragmatic…
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Auditory Perception, English, Interpersonal Communication
