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2. Cleft sentence - Wikipedia

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   A cleft sentence is a complex sentence (one having a main clause and a dependent clause) that has a meaning that could be expressed by a simple sentence. Clefts typically put a particular constituent into focus. In spoken language, this focusing is often accompanied by a special intonation. In English, a cleft sentence can be constructed as ...

3. Constituent (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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   This sentence suggests that the definite article the is a constituent in the test sentence. Regarding the test sentence, however, the omission test is very limited in its ability to identify constituents, since the strings that one wants to check do not appear optionally. Therefore, the test sentence is adapted to better illustrate the omission ...

4. List of linguistic example sentences - Wikipedia

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   The sentence can be read as "Reginam occidere nolite, timere bonum est, si omnes consentiunt, ego non. Contradico. " ("don't kill the Queen, it is good to be afraid, even if all agree I do not. I object."), or the opposite meaning " Reginam occidere nolite timere, bonum est; si omnes consentiunt ego non contradico.

5. Topicalization - Wikipedia

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   Topicalization is a mechanism of syntax that establishes an expression as the sentence or clause topic by having it appear at the front of the sentence or clause (as opposed to in a canonical position later in the sentence). This involves a phrasal movement of determiners, prepositions, and verbs to sentence-initial position. [1]

6. English language - Wikipedia

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   The combination of SVO order and use of auxiliary verbs often creates clusters of two or more verbs at the centre of the sentence, such as he had hoped to try to open it. In most sentences, English only marks grammatical relations through word order. [223] The subject constituent precedes the verb and the object constituent follows it.

7. Cleft - Wikipedia

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   A cleft is an opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation. Cleft may refer to: ... Cleft sentence, a type of grammatical construction; Places. Cleft Island (Antarctica) ...