Cleft and Pseudo-Cleft Constructions in English

By Peter C. Collins

Book Overview

First published in 1991, this book examines the communicative properties of 'cleft' and 'pseudo-cleft' constructions in contemporary English. The book argues that these properties cannot be ignored in any attempt to provide an adequate grammatical description of the constructions. Furthermore, they provide a source of explanations for the patterns of stylistic variation displayed by clefts and pseudo-clefts. The book reports findings from a corpus-based study of clefts and pseudo-clefts in modern British English.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138918393
• ISBN13: 9781138918399
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"