Description
| Summary: | 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.
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| Item Description: | 4.4.1 No copula or relative clause. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (237 pages) |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| ISBN: | 9789027274601
9027274606
9789027255686
9027255687
1280676906
9781280676901
9786613653833
6613653837 |
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| Language: | English. |
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| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
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