Connecting
utterances to the
background
it clefs
WH-cleft constructionscan beof
the form:
WH-word ? is/was/ will be
have similardistinguishing traits to theones listed earlier forpseudo-clefts:
a clause with an unspecifiedargument
Focal stress
Functions as semantic or pragmatic signalling work
Is syntactically-located intonational prominence
The music of speaking alanguage. Content words arethe words in a sentencewhich are stressed. Thesewords carry new information
Pasivess
Grammarians call theunmarked transitivetype of clause active,when contrasting themwith passive clauses.
Definiteness
is noun phrases is a significant aspect of the grammar of English and will be used as a starting point here.
Indefinite
Indefinite
pronouns
Somenthing, someone, somebody, anything, anyone,
anybody.
Determiners
a, an, some, another, several, most, no, enough, any.
Definite
Personal
pronouns
The, this, that, these, those, its, their, her, his, your my, our
Proper names
Selene
