The English Itcleft: A Constructional Account And A Diachronic Investigation (Topics In English Linguistics [Tiel], 79),Used

The English Itcleft: A Constructional Account And A Diachronic Investigation (Topics In English Linguistics [Tiel], 79),Used

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This book examines the structure and function of the English itcleft configuration from within the framework of construction grammar. It argues for a straightforward extrapositionfromNP analysis (on which the cleft clause is a restrictive relative, modifying the initial it) and claims that all types of itcleft involve nominal predication. Support for this analysis comes from three underresearched (or unexplored) areas: (a) the central role of definite noun phrases in the creation of specificational meaning, (b) the existence and makeup of predicational (and proverbial) itclefts, and (c) the early, historical itcleft data. In addition, the book contains a sizeable diachronic component, drawing data from the Penn Parsed Corpora of Historical English and from the International Corpus of English. This investigation informs and advances what is an otherwise simple account of the English itcleft, explaining how and why the configuration has developed an assortment of peculiar, constructionspecific properties over time.

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