WRITING AND SPEAKING

Douglas Biber

doi:10.4324/9780429437991-10

WRITING AND SPEAKING

Douglas Biber

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This chapter provides a selective survey of previous research on linguistic differences between speech and writing, focusing especially on corpus-based research showing how the modes differ in their linguistic potential. Discourse in the spoken mode relies on verbs and clauses, including a dense use of finite dependent clauses, while discourse in informational written prose relies on nouns and adjectives, with a greater density of phrases than clauses. In addition, spoken registers (regardless of communicative purpose) employ a restricted range of linguistic styles, whereas writers can employ a wide range of linguistic styles depending on the purpose.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	The Routledge International Handbook of Research on Writing, Second Edition
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
Pages	124-138
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Electronic)	9780429795718
ISBN (Print)	9781138345232
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429437991-10
State	Published - Jan 1 2023

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