Frequency, Forms and Functions of Cleft Constructions in Romance and Germanic: Contrastive, Corpus-Based Studies

The volume describes the frequency, the forms and the functions of different cleft construction types across two language families: the Romance languages (with discussion of Italian, French and Spanish data) and the Germanic languages (with focus on English, German, Swiss German and Danish).

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110361078
• ISBN13: 9783110361070
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 426 Pages
• Weight: 1.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary