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An Analysis of It-Cleft Constructions
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dc.contributor.author | Yoon, JungJoo | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-03-17T05:46:58Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2009-03-17T05:46:58Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2002-08 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | SNU Working Papers in English Language and Linguistics, Vol.1, pp. 142-160 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10371/2015 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The main purpose of this paper is to investigate it-cleft constructions in English and propose a non-derivational, lexicalist analysis of the constructions within the framework of HPSG. Based on Pollard & Sag's (1994) classification of strong and weak UDCs, I argue that there are two types of cleft clauses in it-cleft constructions, i.e., wh-cleft-clause and bare-cleft-clause, which have properties of strong UDCs and weak UDCs, respectively. In this paper, the two types of it-cleft constructions are accounted for by positing two different lexical entries of becleft. It-cleft constructions containing wh-cleft-clause, which have not been dealt with in the previous HPSG analyses, are analyzed by introducing a new feature CLE to distinguish wh-cleft clauses from other types of clauses. I propose that in the lexical entry of becleft for wh-cleft-clause, the CLE value has the same index as the focused phrase whereas in the lexical entry of becleft for bare-cleft-clause, the focused element and the SLASH value have the same index. | - |
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 | HPSG | - |
dc.subject | it-cleft constructions | - |
dc.subject | CLE | - |
dc.subject | strong and weak UDC | - |
dc.subject | copula be | - |
dc.subject | focus | - |
dc.subject | cleft clauses | - |
dc.title | An Analysis of It-Cleft Constructions | - |
dc.type | SNU Journal | - |
dc.contributor.AlternativeAuthor | 윤정주 | - |
dc.citation.journaltitle | SNU Working Papers in English Language and Linguistics | - |
dc.citation.endpage | 160 | - |
dc.citation.pages | 142-160 | - |
dc.citation.startpage | 142 | - |
dc.citation.volume | 1 | - |
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