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The functionality of it-clefts in selected discourses: The message in the medium

Dennis Perzanowski Dennis Perzanowski Naval Research Laboratory Navy Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence, Code 5512 Washington, DC20375-5337
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John Gurney John Gurney Army Research Laboratory, AMSRL-IS-SA 202 4G056 2800 Powder Mill Road Adelphi, MD20783-1197
Pages 207-236 | Published online: 15 May 2015

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