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Original, never-before-published pieces by leading rhetorical theorists and critics: James Darsey, Kathryn Olson, George Cheney, Dana Cloud and Marouf Hasain, among others. Each part opens with a brief introduction to frame discussion for students.

Rhetoric. --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Parenthesis (Rhetoric) --- Parenthetical constructions (Grammar) --- Rhetoric --- Language and languages --- Speaking --- Authorship --- Expression --- Literary style --- Parenthetical constructions. --- Constituent sentence --- Embedded clause --- Inserted clause --- Syntax

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Parentheticals are a fascinating way of interrupting spoken and written utterances. This paper focuses on prosodic aspects of the analysis of such constructions in contemporary German. The investigation starts with a discussion of the prosodic features relevant to the study of parentheticals such as discussed in previous literature - intensity, articulation rate, fundamental frequency, pauses, and intonation contours - and, drawing on these features, goes on to discuss data from recent parliamentary debates. The results show that future prosodic studies should focus on the transition zone between the part of the anchor clause preceding the parenthetical construction, and the parenthetical construction itself.

Grammar, Comparative and general --- Linguistics. --- Linguistic science --- Science of language --- Language and languages --- Parenthesis (Rhetoric) --- Parenthetical constructions (Grammar) --- Rhetoric --- Parenthetical constructions. --- Constituent sentence --- Embedded clause --- Inserted clause --- Syntax --- Linguistics --- Philology

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Parenthesis has recently seen a considerable surge in interest. This volume presents the – often contrasting – theoretical positions on parenthetical verbs and examines them from different analytical perspectives. It covers parenthetical verbs in English as well as in several other languages. Methodologically, the volume is marked by its empirical orientation: Most contributions are based on data from experiments or corpora. Parenthesis has recently seen a considerable surge in interest. This volume presents the – often contrasting – theoretical positions on parenthetical verbs and examines them from different analytical perspectives. The initial theoretical section contains, among others, two contributions presenting diametrically opposed analyses of the syntax of parenthetical verbs. Although (synchronic) syntax pervades the volume, other analytical levels and approaches are also given weight: The second section provides insights into the historical and ontogenetic development of parenthetical verbs, while the third section deals with prosody and prosody-syntax or prosody-semantics mappings. The volume covers parenthetical verbs in English as well as in several other languages (Danish, Dutch, French, German, Portuguese and Turkish), some of which are rarely taken into consideration when dealing with parentheticals. Methodologically, the volume is marked by its strong empirical orientation: With few exceptions, the contributions are based on data from experiments or from corpora (historical, contemporary, diachronic, synchronic, oral, written, child, adult).

Grammar, Comparative and general --- Parenthetical constructions. --- Verbals. --- Verb. --- English language -- Parenthetical constructions. --- English language -- Spoken English. --- English language -- Syntax. --- Grammar, Comparative and general -- Parenthetical constructions. --- Languages & Literatures --- Philology & Linguistics --- Parenthetical constructions --- Verbal phrase --- Comparative grammar --- Grammar --- Grammar, Philosophical --- Grammar, Universal --- Language and languages --- Philosophical grammar --- Linguistics --- Philology --- Parenthesis (Rhetoric) --- Parenthetical constructions (Grammar) --- Rhetoric --- Grammar, Comparative --- Constituent sentence --- Embedded clause --- Inserted clause --- Syntax --- Language and languages. --- Foreign languages --- Languages --- Anthropology --- Communication --- Ethnology --- Information theory --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Verb --- Verb phrase --- Verbals --- Reflexives --- Comment Clauses. --- Discourse Markers. --- Parenthetical Verbs. --- Reporting Clauses.