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Impromptu Speech, Structure, and Process.
Enkvist, Nils Erik – 1982
Impromptu speech can be defined in different ways: in terms of situational context, linguistic characteristics, and real-time processing. These approaches are not contradictory. There are certain situations that call for rapid processing of spoken discourse, and the needs of that processing are reflected in the structure of the text. The degree of…
Descriptors: Connected Discourse, Discourse Analysis, Language Patterns, Language Research