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Publication details [#20313]
Guzman, Videa P. De. 1986. The subject of Tagalog identificational sentences. In Tracy, Karen, ed. Understanding face-to-face interaction: Issues linking goals and discourse. Lawrence Erlbaum. pp. 347–362.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Annotation
G. argues that Tagalog identificational or cleft constructions have the constituent order Subject + Predicate, as apposed to the unmarked Predicate + Subject order of basic constructions. The motivating factor of this special construction is sought in the pragmatic role of contrastive focus.