Description: Specificational and Presentational There-Clefts : Redefining the Field of Clefts, Hardcover by Davidse, Kristin; Njende, Ngum Meyuhnsi; O'grady, Gerard, ISBN 303132269X, ISBN-13 9783031322693, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US This book proposes a radically new account of clefts in English. Since the 1960s, functional as well as formal linguists have generally restricted clefts to constructions with an identifying matrix (it-clefts) and have claimed that they only code information structure. Clefts are assumed to unpack a simple proposition into a focus – presupposition structure. In this book, the authors reject these theoretical-descriptive assumptions, arguing instead that clefts form a field comprising it-clefts, there-clefts and 'have’-clefts. They show that, like any other construction, clefts compositionally code propositional semantics, onto which a great variety of prosodically coded focus patterns may be mapped. The authors fundamentally challenge the existing approach by entering the debate with an in-depth account of the neglected specificational and presentational there-clefts, offering the first systematic data-based study of their grammatical and prosodic features. While the study is restricted to English, its findings have significant cross-linguistic relevance. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Functional, Cognitive and Formal Linguistics, Corpus Linguistics, and usage-based study of grammar and prosody.
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Book Title: Specificational and Presentational There-Clefts : Redefining the
Number of Pages: Xiii, 187 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Specificational and Presentational There-Clefts : Redefining the Field of Clefts
Publisher: Springer International Publishing A&G
Publication Year: 2023
Subject: General, Linguistics / General
Item Weight: 14 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Language Arts & Disciplines
Author: Gerard O'grady, Kristin Davidse, Ngum Njende
Item Length: 8.3 in
Item Width: 5.8 in
Format: Hardcover
