Cleft and Pseudo-Cleft Constructions in English (Routledge Library Editions: The English Language)

First published in 1991, this book examines the communicative properties of 'cleft' and 'pseudo-cleft' constructions in contemporary English. The book argues that these properties cannot be ignored in any attempt to provide an adequate grammatical description of the constructions. Furthermore, they provide a source of explanations for the patterns of stylistic variation displayed by clefts and pseudo-clefts. The book reports findings from a corpus-based study of clefts and pseudo-clefts in modern British English.

• | Author: Peter C. Collins
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Feb 02, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 242 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1138918415
• | ISBN-13: 9781138918412