What can conversation tell us about syntax?

  • Ono T
  • Thompson S
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Abstract Extracts from recorded conversations among adult native English speakers (N unspecified) are analyzed in terms of intonational units & constructional schemas (CSs). The data reveal that syntactic units may be broken into different intonational units, controlled either by information-load constraints or interactional concerns. Continuation of CSs after conversational disruptions within the same S utterance or between two Ss gives empirical support for CSs. Strong influence of language-external factors on realization of syntactic structures suggests that the production of syntactic elements is managed more locally & more dynamically than current syntactic theories purport.

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Ono, T., & Thompson, S. A. (1996). What can conversation tell us about syntax? (p. 213). https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.102.07ono

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