{"product_id":"9783031322693","title":"Specificational and Presentational There-Clefts: Redefining the Field of Clefts","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSpecificational and Presentational There-Clefts: Redefining the Field of Clefts\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eDavidse, Kristin; Njende, Ngum Meyuhnsi; O'Grady, Gerard\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2023-08-01\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783031322693\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-031-32270-9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 187\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44677068947596,"sku":"9783031322693","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783031322693.jpg?v=1776869311","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783031322693","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}