Cleft and Pseudo-Cleft Constructions in English

First published in 1991, this book examines the communicative properties of 'cleft' and 'pseudo-cleft' constructions in contemporary English.

Sommario

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

Info autore

Collins, Peter

Riassunto

First published in 1991, this book examines the communicative properties of ‘cleft’ and ‘pseudo-cleft’ constructions in contemporary English.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Peter Collins, Peter C Collins, Collins Peter
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 25.06.2015
• EAN: 9781138918399
• ISBN: 978-1-138-91839-9
• Pagine: 246
• Serie: Routledge Library Editions: The English Language
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata; Discourse Analysis, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics