ON THE DERIVATION OF CLEFT AND PSEUDO-CLEFT CONSTRUCTIONS IN ENGLISH: A MINIMALIST ACCOUNT
ON THE DERIVATION OF CLEFT AND PSEUDO-CLEFT CONSTRUCTIONS IN ENGLISH: A MINIMALIST ACCOUNT
Author(s): Sabina Halupka-RešetarSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: cleft construction; pseudo-cleft construction; reverse pseudo-cleft construction; minimalism; information structure
Summary/Abstract: The paper gives an overview of existing generative approaches to the derivation of cleft and pseudo-cleft constructions in English and attempts to offer a simple, minimalist account of the way in which these constructions are generated, with focus on the possibility of reversing the order of the wh-clause and the counterweight in specificational, but not predicational pseudo-clefts.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 2012
- Issue No: 18
- Page Range: 263-275
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English