Cleft sentence

A split sentence (of English. Cleft sentence ) occurs when a main clause in a construction of main ( Kopulasatz ) and subordinate clause ( relative clause ) is transformed to prove a noun phrase (NP ) with a ( contrastive ) focus and an emphasis.

Gap sentences can be in English according to the following patterns to build:

Example: "John has broken the vase. "

A distinction of the gap sets are the pseudo gap sentences (also: lock records, English pseudo- cleft sentences. ), Such as " What did Peter broken, ( that) was the vase. "

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  • Hadumod Bussmann (eds.): Encyclopedia of Linguistics. 4, revised and enlarged edition bibliography. Kröner, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-520-45204-7.
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