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Author : Per-Kristian Halvorsen
Release : 1978
Genre : English language
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Book Synopsis The Syntax and Semantics of Cleft Constructions by : Per-Kristian Halvorsen
Download or read book The Syntax and Semantics of Cleft Constructions written by Per-Kristian Halvorsen. This book was released on 1978. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Matthew Reeve
Release : 2012
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Rating : 687/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Clefts and Their Relatives by : Matthew Reeve
Download or read book Clefts and Their Relatives written by Matthew Reeve. This book was released on 2012. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cleft constructions have long presented an analytical challenge for syntactic theory. This monograph argues that clefts and related constructions cannot be analysed in a straightforwardly compositional manner. Instead, it proposes that the locality conditions on modification (for example by a restrictive relative clause) must be reformulated such that they account for the apparent compositionality of DP-internal modification whilst also permitting 'discontinuous' modification of the type which is independently needed for constructions such as relative clause extraposition. The empirical focus of the book is on clefts in English and Russian, which have a similar interpretation but considerably divergent syntactic structures. The author argues that, despite these syntactic differences, both types of cleft are mapped to their semantic interpretations in the same manner. This monograph will be essential reading for those working on cleft constructions and copular sentences more generally, and will be of interest to those working on the syntax-semantics interface.
Author : Peter C. Collins
Release : 2015-07-03
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Rating : 361/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Cleft and Pseudo-Cleft Constructions in English by : Peter C. Collins
Download or read book Cleft and Pseudo-Cleft Constructions in English written by Peter C. Collins. This book was released on 2015-07-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : M. Kizu
Release : 2005-01-07
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis Cleft Constructions in Japanese Syntax by : M. Kizu
Download or read book Cleft Constructions in Japanese Syntax written by M. Kizu. This book was released on 2005-01-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cleft constructions occur across languages and are much analyzed in relation to syntax, semantics and pragmatics. Mika Kizu, working in a Principles and Parameters framework, with some consideration of the Minimalist Program, provides the first coherent account of cleft constructions in Japanese. She claims that the construction is analyzed on a par with topic constructions and some types of relative clause. One of the most interesting properties, the syntactic phenomenon of 'connectivity' is closely examined.
Author : Gerald Patrick Delahunty
Release : 1982
Genre : English language
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Book Synopsis Topics in the Syntax and Semantics of English Cleft Sentences by : Gerald Patrick Delahunty
Download or read book Topics in the Syntax and Semantics of English Cleft Sentences written by Gerald Patrick Delahunty. This book was released on 1982. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
