Cleft and Pseudo-Cleft Constructions in English

Peter Collins (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

242 Seiten

2017
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-91841-2 (ISBN)

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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.

Collins, Peter

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

Erscheinungsdatum	23.04.2017
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Library Editions: The English Language
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	362 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-138-91841-5 / 1138918415
ISBN-13	978-1-138-91841-2 / 9781138918412
Zustand	Neuware