The English it-Cleft : : A Constructional Account and a Diachronic Investigation / / Amanda Patten.

This book examines the structure and function of the English it-cleft configuration from within the framework of construction grammar. It defends a straightforward extraposition-from-NP analysis (on which the cleft clause is a restrictive relative, modifying the initial it) and claims that all types...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2012]
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Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] , 79
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Physical Description:1 online resource (269 p.)
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