It-clefts are IT (inquiry terminating) constructions  

Oleh:

Velleman, Dan Bridges ; Beaver, David ; Destruel, Emilie ; Onea, Edgar ; Bumford, Dylan ; Coppock, Liz

Jenis: Article from Proceeding
Dalam koleksi: Proceedings of the 22nd Semantics and Linguistic Theory Conference, held at University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, May 18-20, 2012, page 441–460.
Topik: it-clefts; exhaustivity; focus sensitivity; discourse; question under discussion
Fulltext: 3503-6815-1-PB.pdf (141.42KB)

Isi artikel

We analyze the semantics of a range of constructions which we refer to as Inquiry Terminating (IT) constructions. In English, these include it-clefts and exclusives such as only, just and mere(ly). Despite their differences, IT constructions have much in common. We claim they are always focus- sensitive, have closely related semantics, and have a uniform discourse function: they always mark utterances that give a complete answer to what the speaker takes to be the Current Question (CQ). We give a new account of the meaning of clefts that captures both their similarities and their differences to other IT constructions.

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