ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Pseudoclefting

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Pseudoclefting is a noun meaning (linguistics) The insertion of is what or a similar word sequence so as to form a pseudocleft sentence, as when changing "she bought an apple" to "an apple is what she bought".

Meaning

(linguistics) The insertion of is what or a similar word sequence so as to form a pseudocleft sentence, as when changing "she bought an apple" to "an apple is what she bought".

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pseudoword, pseudoprefix, pseudolinguistics, pseudo-participial, pseudolanguage, pseudohomophony.

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