What does pseudocleft mean?
Pseudocleft means (linguistics) Resembling or relating to a cleft sentence..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(linguistics) Resembling or relating to a cleft sentence..
Given that Malagasy has wh-in-situ questions, the pseudocleft analysis is simply an extension of this strategy, in which the wh-phrase is in-situ as a predicate.
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Pseudocleft means (linguistics) Resembling or relating to a cleft sentence..
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Given that Malagasy has wh-in-situ questions, the pseudocleft analysis is simply an extension of this strategy, in which the wh-phrase is in-situ as a predicate.
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