An analysis of 'all'-clefts
This paper provides an in-depth analysis of the semantic and syntactic properties of 'all'-clefts ('All I ate for dinner was a salad'). The main characteristic of 'all'-clefts is the inference that what is designated by the cleft is not much (the “smallness effect”). On...
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| Language: | English |
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Open Library of Humanities
2020-11-01
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| Series: | Glossa |
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| Online Access: | https://www.glossa-journal.org/articles/1092 |