Frequency, Forms and Functions of Cleft Constructions in Romance and Germanic
ISBN: 9783110361872
Platform/Publisher: De Gruyter / De Gruyter Mouton
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The volume describes the frequency, the forms and the functions of different cleft construction types across two language families: the Romance languages (with discussion of Italian, French and Spanish data) and the Germanic languages (with focus on English, German, Swiss German and Danish).


Anna-Maria De Cesare, University of Basel & Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), Switzerland.

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