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| ISBN: | 9783110279528
3110279525
3110277808
9783110277807
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| Notes: | 4. An obligatorily extraposed relative clause?
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-265) and index.
English.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | The English it-cleft is noted for its non-standard structure and for its unusual pragmatic and discourse-functional properties. This book presents a constructional account of the English it-cleft which is based on evidence from three main areas: (a) the concept of specificational meaning, (b) the existence of predicational (and proverbial) it-clefts, and (c) the early, historical it-cleft data. Featuring a sizeable diachronic component, the book contributes to the limited (and largely unchallenged) literature on the history of the English it-cleft.
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| Other form: | Print version: Patten, Amanda. English it-Cleft : A Constructional Account and a Diachronic Investigation. Berlin : De Gruyter, ©2012 9783110277807
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| Standard no.: | 10.1515/9783110279528
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