It-clefts as pragmatically-motivated extraposed constructions?
This paper investigates the discursive and pragmatic functions of it-clefts in contemporary English. The qualitative corpus-based study is based on the hypothesis that an it-cleft originates from the extraposition of a complex noun phrase in an underlying initial pseudo- or TH-cleft structure. From...
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| Formato: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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2026
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| Acesso em linha: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |