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Information Structure of It-clefts
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Park, SoonYoung | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-03-17T09:41:06Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2009-03-17T09:41:06Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2003 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | SNU Working Papers in English Language and Linguistics, Vol.2, pp. 41-60 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10371/2022 | - |
dc.description.abstract | It has been generally accepted that it-cleftsserve to cleave information into focus and presupposition, which is based on the assumption that new information is focused and old information or shared knowledge is presupposed. However, a number of examples show that new information can also be presupposed in it-clefts. It means that approaches based on the distinction between focus and presupposition are too restricted to explain information packaging of it-clefts and that the shared knowledge view of presupposition needs to be reconsidered. In this papers, I depart from the shared knowledge view of presupposition and instead resort to Delin (1995) and Abbott (2000) who claim that what is presupposed in it-clefts is a nonasserted proposition and try to explain information packaging of it-clefts in terms of the distinction between assertion and nonassertion. Furthermore, I will show that nonassertion view of presupposition can explain the three discourse functions of it-clefts, i.e., specification, thematization, and stativization. | - |
dc.description.sponsorship | Supported by the Grant for the Reform of University Education under the BK21 Project of SNU. | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.publisher | Department of English Language and Literature, Seoul National University | - |
dc.subject | it-clefts | - |
dc.subject | information structure | - |
dc.subject | focus | - |
dc.subject | presupposition | - |
dc.subject | shared knowledge | - |
dc.subject | assertion | - |
dc.subject | nonassertion | - |
dc.title | Information Structure of It-clefts | - |
dc.type | SNU Journal | - |
dc.contributor.AlternativeAuthor | 박순영 | - |
dc.citation.journaltitle | SNU Working Papers in English Language and Linguistics | - |
dc.citation.endpage | 60 | - |
dc.citation.pages | 41-60 | - |
dc.citation.startpage | 41 | - |
dc.citation.volume | 2 | - |
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