Restrictive highlighting in English : only, just and ALL clefts

This thesis explores one type of device that helps to structure discourse – English grammatical devices for highlighting particular constituents restrictively (e.g. <i>only, just </i>and ALL cleft constructions). Speakers and writers highlight constituents in a clause and make them salie...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yamada, Yōko
Published: University of Edinburgh 2005
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.664089