@article{1472223,
      recid = {1472223},
      author = {Davidse, Kristin. and Njende, Ngum Meyuhnsi. and O'Grady,  Gerard.},
      title = {Specificational and presentational there-clefts :  redefining the field of clefts /},
      publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan,},
      address = {Cham :},
      pages = {1 online resource},
      year = {2023},
      abstract = {This book proposes a radically new account of clefts in  English. Since the 1960s, functional as well as formal  linguists have generally restricted clefts to constructions  with an identifying matrix (it-clefts) and have claimed  that they only code information structure. Clefts are  assumed to unpack a simple proposition into a focus  presupposition structure. In this book, the authors reject  these theoretical-descriptive assumptions, arguing instead  that clefts form a field comprising it-clefts, there-clefts  and have-clefts. They show that, like any other  construction, clefts compositionally code propositional  semantics, onto which a great variety of prosodically coded  focus patterns may be mapped. The authors fundamentally  challenge the existing approach by entering the debate with  an in-depth account of the neglected specificational and  presentational there-clefts, offering the first systematic  data-based study of their grammatical and prosodic  features. While the study is restricted to English, its  findings have significant cross-linguistic relevance. This  book will be of interest to students and scholars of  Functional, Cognitive and Formal Linguistics, Corpus  Linguistics, and usage-based study of grammar and prosody.  Kristin Davidse is a Professor in the Linguistics  Department at KU Leuven, Belgium. Ngum Njende is a PhD  candidate in the Linguistics Department at KU Leuven,  Belgium. Gerard OGrady is a Professor in the School of  English, Communication and Philosophy at Cardiff  University, UK. .},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1472223},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32270-9},
}