Florine Berthe
List of John Benjamins publications for which Florine Berthe plays a role.
Articles
2024 ‘The point is, what is the point?’: Vague reference with the the- N -is construction and its interactional functions in spoken English La Référence Floue, Gardelle, Laure and Frédéric Landragin (eds.), pp. 324–346 | Article
This paper investigates vague cataphoric reference with shell nouns in the the-N-is construction (e.g. the point is). It highlights the ties between the construction, which is sometimes analysed as a specfticational copular sentence, shell nouns, which function to some extent like pronouns, and… read more
2024 ‘What we found is’: Pseudo-clefts, cataphora, projection and cohesive chains Functions of Language: Online-First Articles | Article
This paper examines two variants of the pseudo-cleft construction which display a WHAT-NP-VP-be pattern with the VP realised with cognitive verbs and the proform do in the context of spoken British English dyadic and multi-party BBC podcasts. It is based on the premise that the construction’s… read more