Peter Collins

Cleft and Pseudo-Cleft Constructions in English

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1991, this book examines the communicative properties of 'cleft' and 'pseudo-cleft' constructions in contemporary English.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 526g
• ISBN-13: 9781138918399
• ISBN-10: 1138918393
• Artikelnr.: 42200030

Autorenporträt

Collins, Peter

Inhaltsangabe

List of tables and figures
List of abbreviations and symbols
Acknowledgements
1. Approaches to the study of cleft and pseudo-cleft constructions 2. The database 3. Defining the class 4. Formal properties 5. Communicative meanings 6. Communicative meanings in the corpus 7. Clefts, pseudo-clefts and register variation 8. Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index