Specificational and presentational there-clefts : redefining the field of clefts / Kristin Davidse, Ngum Meyuhnsi Njende, Gerard O'Grady.
Davidse, Kristin.; Njende, Ngum Meyuhnsi.; O'Grady, Gerard.
2023
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Specificational and presentational there-clefts : redefining the field of clefts / Kristin Davidse, Ngum Meyuhnsi Njende, Gerard O'Grady.
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Davidse, Kristin.
ISBN
9783031322709 (electronic bk.)
3031322703 (electronic bk.)
303132269X
9783031322693
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32270-9
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Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
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English
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10.1007/978-3-031-32270-9 doi
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PE1441
Dewey Decimal Classification
428.2
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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. .
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SPECIFICATIONAL AND PRESENTATIONAL THERE-CLEFTS.
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Intro
Acknowledgements
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction
References
2 Natural Grammar
References
3 Compilation and Prosodic Analysis of Data
3.1 Compilation of Dataset
3.2 Prosodic Analysis of the Data
References
4 Existential there versus Demonstrative there
References
5 Paradigms of Relative Markers
References
6 Different Antecedent-Relative Clause Relations
6.1 Antecedent of Non-Restrictive Relative Clauses
6.2 Antecedents of Restrictive Relative Clauses Versus Relative Clauses in Clefts
Introduction

Restrictive Relative Clauses Versus Relative Clauses in It-Clefts
Restrictive Relative Clauses Versus Relative Clauses in There-Clefts
References
7 Structural Assemblies and Semantics of the Four Existential Constructions with Relative Clause
7.1 Existential Clauses with Restrictive Relative Clause
7.2 Existential Clauses with Non-Restrictive Relative Clause
7.3 There-Clefts
Lambrecht's Structural Analysis of Presentational and Specificational There-Clefts as Secondary Predication Constructions

General Differences Between Lambrecht's and Our Structural Analysis of There-Clefts
The Structural Assembly of There-Clefts
Opaque Verb-Clefts
Specificational Clefts as Secondary Specification Constructions
Specificational Copular Clauses
Specificational Clefts
Presentational Clefts as Secondary Predication Constructions
References
8 Determiners of Existent NPs in the Four Existential Constructions with Relative Clause
8.1 Hypotheses About Determiner Distribution in the Existent NP Deriving from the Semantics of the Four Constructions

8.2 Determiner Distribution in Existent NPs: Results and Discussion
References
9 Prosodic Patterns in the Four Existential Constructions with Relative Clause
9.1 The Meaning of Intonation in English Grammar
Prosodically Coded Information Structure
Prosodically Coded Tactic Meanings
9.2 Hypothesized Prosodic Patterns in the Four Constructions
9.3 Results and Interpretation of Our Prosodic Study
Prosodic Patterns Relating to Taxis
Tone Units and Tactic Structure
Tone Concord and Apposition
Information Structure
Specificational There-Clefts

Presentational There-Clefts
References
10 Conclusion
References
References
Index

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