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Connecting utterances to the background - Coggle Diagram
Connecting utterances
to the background
Definiteness
In noun phrases is a significant
aspect of the grammar of English
Indefinite
Determiners
a, an, some, another, several, most, no, enough, any
Indefinite pronouns
something, someone, somebody, anything, anyone, anybody
Definite
Proper names
it, they, them, she, her, he, his, you, I, me, we, us
Determiners
the, this, that, these, those, its, their, her, his, your, my, our
Personal pronouns
Aberdeen, Zoroaster
Topic
Is what the utterance
is primarily about
Clefts
Pseudo-clefts
A wh-clause with an unspecified argument
A noun phrase that supplies the missing details
for the unspecified argument in the wh-clause
BE is the main verb
It-clefts
A clause with an unspecified argument
A noun phrase that specifies the missing argument
BE is the main verb
It is the grammatical subject.
Passives
Structure
Be
By
Verbs
Past Participle
Are syntactic
converses
Focal stress
Is syntactically-located intonational prominence
Functions as semantic or pragmatic signalling work