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200 14$aThe English it-cleft $ea constructional account and a diachronic investigation /$fby Amanda L. Patten
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aBerlin ;$aBoston $cDe Gruyter Mouton$d2012
215   $a1 online resource (279 p.)
225 0 $aTopics in English linguistics,$x1434-3452 ;$v79
225 0 $aTopics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ;$v79
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311 0 $a3-11-027780-8 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [249]-265) and index.
327   $tFront matter --$tAcknowledgements --$tContents --$tChapter 1. Introduction and background --$tChapter 2. A model of language structure and language change --$tChapter 3. Specificational copular constructions --$tChapter 4. It-clefts as specificational copular sentences --$tChapter 5. Other varieties of it-cleft --$tChapter 6. The it-cleft and earlier periods of English --$tChapter 7. The it-cleft's development over time --$tChapter 8. The it-cleft and constructional change --$tChapter 9. Conclusions --$tCorpora and data sources --$tReferences --$tIndex
330   $aThis book examines the structure and function of the English it-cleft configuration from within the framework of construction grammar. It defends a straightforward extraposition-from-NP analysis (on which the cleft clause is a restrictive relative, modifying the initial it) and claims that all types of it-cleft involve nominal predication. Support for this analysis comes from three main areas: (a) the central role of definiteness in the creation of specificational meaning, (b) the existence and makeup of predicational (and proverbial) it-clefts, and (c) the early, historical it-cleft data. In addition, the book contains a sizeable diachronic component, drawing data from the Penn Parsed Corpora of Historical English and from the International Corpus of English - Great Britain. This investigation informs and advances what is an otherwise simple account of the English it-cleft, explaining how and why the configuration has developed an assortment of peculiar, construction-specific properties over time.
410  0$aTopics in English linguistics ;$v79.
606   $aIt (The English word)
606   $aEnglish language$xWord order
606   $aEnglish language$xSyntax
610   $aConstruction Grammar.
610   $aEnglish Linguistics.
610   $aHistorical Linguistics.
610   $aIt-Cleft.
610   $aSpecificational Sentences.
615  0$aIt (The English word)
615  0$aEnglish language$xWord order.
615  0$aEnglish language$xSyntax.
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996   $aThe English it-cleft$94116402
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