A systemic functional approximation to the use of cleft sentences and reversed pseudo-cleft sentences in English in a narrative sample written by the Sourth African writer Alan Paton

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Title: A systemic functional approximation to the use of cleft sentences and reversed pseudo-cleft sentences in English in a narrative sample written by the Sourth African writer Alan Paton
Authors: Martínez Lirola, María
Research Group/s: Análisis Crítico del Discurso Multimodal (ACDM)
Center, Department or Service: Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Filología Inglesa
Keywords: Systemic functional grammar | Paton, Alan | Cleft sentences | Reversed pseudo-clefts
Knowledge Area: Filología Inglesa
Issue Date: 2007
Publisher: Editorial Club Universitario
Citation: MARTÍNEZ LIROLA, María. A systemic functional approximation to the use of cleft sentences and reversed pseudo-cleft sentences in English in a narrative sample written by the Sourth African writer Alan Paton. San Vicente (Alicante) : Editorial Club Universitario, 2007. ISBN 978-84-8454-613-9, 122 p.
Abstract: Taking into consideration the fundamental principles of Systemic Functional Grammar, we have studied in detail two syntactically-marked structures in English, cleft sentences and reversed pseudo-clefts, in two novels written by the African writer Alan Paton: Cry, The Beloved Country (1958) and Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful (1983). To study cleft sentences and reversed pseudo-clefts in their context we will try to see the reasons why the author uses these structures to reflect the social situation that surrounds him. The study of the novels allows us to state that language creates and builds a social situation and that is why from one particular text we can predict the social context that surrounds that text.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/16224
ISBN: 978-84-8454-613-9
Language: eng
Type: info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper
Peer Review: si
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