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The English it-Cleft: A Constructional Account and a Diachronic Investigation: 79
Author(s): Patten (Author)
- Publisher: De Gruyter
- Publication Date: 28 Nov. 2017
- Language: English
- Print length: 280 pages
- ISBN-10: 3110277808
- ISBN-13: 9783110277807
Book Description
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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About the Author
Amanda Patten, Northumbria University, UK.
