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Cleft and Pseudo-Cleft Constructions in English
By Peter C. Collins
246 pages
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- Routledge
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- New York
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- 1991
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Synopsis
Systematic analysis of the discourse-functions of clefts and pseudo-clefts, providing information on the frequency of these constructions in different genres, and preventing the 'tidying-up' found in examples devised by the linguist.Related books and articles at Questia
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Table of contents
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- Editorial Statement iii
- Title Page v
- Contents ix
- Tables and Figures xii
- Abbreviations and Symbols xiv
- Acknowledgements xvi
- 1 - Approaches to the Study of Cleft and Pseudo-Cleft Constructions 1
- 2 - The Database 10
- 3 - Defining the Class 26
- 4 - Formal Properties 49
- 5 - Communicative Meanings 75
- 6 - Communicative Meanings in the Corpus 117
- 7 - Clefts, Pseudo-Clefts, and Register Variation 178
- 8 - Conclusion 208
- Notes 217
- Bibliography 222
- Editorial Statement iii
- Title Page v
- Contents ix
- Tables and Figures xii
- Abbreviations and Symbols xiv
- Acknowledgements xvi
- 1 - Approaches to the Study of Cleft and Pseudo-Cleft Constructions 1
- 2 - The Database 10
- 3 - Defining the Class 26
- 4 - Formal Properties 49
- 5 - Communicative Meanings 75
- 6 - Communicative Meanings in the Corpus 117
- 7 - Clefts, Pseudo-Clefts, and Register Variation 178
- 8 - Conclusion 208
- Notes 217
- Bibliography 222
- Index 228