Peter C. Collins

Cleft and Pseudo-Cleft Constructions in English

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 383g
• ISBN-13: 9781138918412
• ISBN-10: 1138918415
• Artikelnr.: 57048480

Autorenporträt

Collins, Peter

Inhaltsangabe

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