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Specificational and Presentational There-Clefts Redefining the Field of Clefts

"This study does nothing less than redraw the map of clefts. It provides a thought-provoking and stunningly comprehensive new take on a familiar construction, extending its scope in terms of the structures included and by according special attention to its semantics and prosody." -Gunther...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Davidse, Kristin, Njende, Ngum Meyuhnsi (Author), O'Grady, Gerard (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2023, 2023
Edition:1st ed. 2023
Subjects:
Psycholinguistics
Theoretical Linguistics / Grammar
Linguistics
Linguistics—methodology
Research Methods In Language And Linguistics
Psycholinguistics And Cognitive Lingusitics
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Natural grammar
  • Chapter 3. Compilation and prosodic analysis of data
  • Chapter 4: Existential there versus demonstrative there
  • Chapter 5: Paradigms of relative markers
  • Chapter 6: Different antecedent–relative clause relations
  • Chapter 7: Structural assemblies and semantics of the four existential constructions with relative clause
  • Chapter 8: Determiners of existent NPs in the four four existential constructions with relative clause
  • Chapter 9: Prosodic patterns in the four existential constructions with relative clause
  • Chapter 10: Conclusion.

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