Cleft and pseudo-cleft constructions in English
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Cleft and pseudo-cleft constructions in English
(Routledge library editions, . The English language ; v. 6)
Routledge, 2015, c1991
- : hbk
- : pbk
Available at / 7 libraries
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [222]-227) and index
Reprint. Originally published: London : Routledge, 1991
Description and Table of Contents
Description
First published in 1991, this book examines the communicative properties of 'cleft' and 'pseudo-cleft' constructions in contemporary English. The book argues that these properties cannot be ignored in any attempt to provide an adequate grammatical description of the constructions. Furthermore, they provide a source of explanations for the patterns of stylistic variation displayed by clefts and pseudo-clefts. The book reports findings from a corpus-based study of clefts and pseudo-clefts in modern British English.
Table of Contents
- List of tables and figures
- List of abbreviations and symbols
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Approaches to the study of cleft and pseudo-cleft constructions 2. The database 3. Defining the class 4. Formal properties 5. Communicative meanings 6. Communicative meanings in the corpus 7. Clefts, pseudo-clefts and register variation 8. Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
by "Nielsen BookData"