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Record Nr.

UNINA9910969756203321

Autore

Reeve Matthew

Titolo

Clefts and their relatives / / Matthew Reeve

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012

ISBN

9786613653833

9781280676901

1280676906

9789027274601

9027274606

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Collana

Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today, , 0166-0829 ; ; v. 185

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - Sentences

Grammar, Comparative and general - Clauses

Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax

Semantics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The syntax of English clefts -- Clefts and the licensing of relative clauses -- Clefts in Slavonic languages -- The syntax of specificational sentences -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Cleft constructions have long presented an analytical challenge for syntactic theory. This monograph argues that clefts and related constructions cannot be analysed in a straightforwardly compositional manner. Instead, it proposes that the locality conditions on modification (for example by a restrictive relative clause) must be reformulated such that they account for the apparent compositionality of DP-internal modification whilst also permitting 'discontinuous' modification of the type which is independently needed for constructions such as relative clause extraposition. The empirical focus