Corpus of Formal British English Speech

Discover the intricacies of spoken English with the "Corpus of Formal British English Speech" by Gerald Knowles, published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in 2017. This comprehensive volume contains 280 pages filled with 50,000 words of meticulously prosodically-transcribed text sourced from various contexts. The introduction offers a detailed explanation of the transcription conventions and the structure of the corpus, highlighting its relationship to other computer corpora. Additionally, it provides insightful examples of different versions of texts, making it an invaluable resource for researchers and enthusiasts of computational linguistics and discourse analysis. Enhance your understanding of the English language and its spoken forms with this essential reference work.