Home Linguistics & Semiotics Chapter 3. Specificational copular constructions
Chapter
Licensed
Unlicensed Requires Authentication

Chapter 3. Specificational copular constructions

Become an author with De Gruyter Brill
Explore this Subject How to publish with us
The English it-Cleft
This chapter is in the book The English it-Cleft

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Acknowledgements v
  3. Contents vii
  4. Chapter 1. Introduction and background 1
  5. Chapter 2. A model of language structure and language change 16
  6. Chapter 3. Specificational copular constructions 27
  7. Chapter 4. It-clefts as specificational copular sentences 71
  8. Chapter 5. Other varieties of it-cleft 120
  9. Chapter 6. The it-cleft and earlier periods of English 148
  10. Chapter 7. The it-cleft’s development over time 184
  11. Chapter 8. The it-cleft and constructional change 212
  12. Chapter 9. Conclusions 243
  13. Corpora and data sources 248
  14. References 249
  15. Index 266
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110279528.27

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Acknowledgements v
  3. Contents vii
  4. Chapter 1. Introduction and background 1
  5. Chapter 2. A model of language structure and language change 16
  6. Chapter 3. Specificational copular constructions 27
  7. Chapter 4. It-clefts as specificational copular sentences 71
  8. Chapter 5. Other varieties of it-cleft 120
  9. Chapter 6. The it-cleft and earlier periods of English 148
  10. Chapter 7. The it-cleft’s development over time 184
  11. Chapter 8. The it-cleft and constructional change 212
  12. Chapter 9. Conclusions 243
  13. Corpora and data sources 248
  14. References 249
  15. Index 266
Sign up now to receive a 20% welcome discount
Institutional Access
How does access work?
Have an idea on how to improve our website?
Please write us.
© 2025 De Gruyter Brill
Downloaded on 21.11.2025 from https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110279528.27/html
Scroll to top button