Specificational there-clefts

Author： Davidse Kristin   Kimps Ditte  

Publisher： John Benjamins Publishing Company

E-ISSN： 1874-8775|9|1|115-142

ISSN： 1874-8767

Source： English Text Construction, Vol.9, Iss.1, 2016-01, pp. : 115-142

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Abstract

In this article we present functional-structural and information structure arguments for recognizing specificational there-clefts, i.e. clefts that specify a value for a variable. We distinguish two types which hinge on whether the matrix is a listing or a canonical existential. Listing there-clefts enumerate one or more instances as corresponding to the variable, e.g. You are quite right David, it was engineered, seems there’s only me and you who can see this. Quantifying there-clefts indicate the quantity of instantiation of the variable, e.g. Look at the shape of it. There’s only one thing that’s that shape.

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