Definition of pseudo-cleft in English:

pseudo-cleft

(also pseudo-cleft sentence)

noun

Grammar

A sentence which resembles a cleft sentence by conveying emphasis or politeness through the use of a relative clause, such as what we want is money representing we want money.
假拟分裂句（如用what we want is表示we want）
Example sentencesExamples
- Apparent examples of wh-movement are pseudoclefts in which the initial wh-phrase is a predicate and the following material is a headless relative clause in subject position.
- Higgins (1973) distinguished predicational and specificational pseudoclefts, and showed that, unlike predicational pseudoclefts, specificational pseudoclefts exhibit a variety of syntactic and semantic connectivity effects, i.e. the post-copular phrase behaves in some ways as if it ‘sits’ inside the free relative subject.

Definition of pseudo-cleft in US English:

pseudo-cleft

nounˈso͞odōˌkleft

Grammar

A sentence that resembles a cleft sentence by conveying emphasis or politeness through the use of a relative clause, such as what we want is representing we want.
假拟分裂句（如用what we want is表示we want）
Example sentencesExamples
- Higgins (1973) distinguished predicational and specificational pseudoclefts, and showed that, unlike predicational pseudoclefts, specificational pseudoclefts exhibit a variety of syntactic and semantic connectivity effects, i.e. the post-copular phrase behaves in some ways as if it ‘sits’ inside the free relative subject.
- Apparent examples of wh-movement are pseudoclefts in which the initial wh-phrase is a predicate and the following material is a headless relative clause in subject position.

单词	pseudo-cleft
释义	Definition of pseudo-cleft in English: pseudo-cleft (also pseudo-cleft sentence) noun Grammar A sentence which resembles a cleft sentence by conveying emphasis or politeness through the use of a relative clause, such as what we want is money representing we want money. 假拟分裂句（如用what we want is表示we want） Example sentencesExamples Apparent examples of wh-movement are pseudoclefts in which the initial wh-phrase is a predicate and the following material is a headless relative clause in subject position. Higgins (1973) distinguished predicational and specificational pseudoclefts, and showed that, unlike predicational pseudoclefts, specificational pseudoclefts exhibit a variety of syntactic and semantic connectivity effects, i.e. the post-copular phrase behaves in some ways as if it ‘sits’ inside the free relative subject. Definition of pseudo-cleft in US English: pseudo-cleft nounˈso͞odōˌkleft Grammar A sentence that resembles a cleft sentence by conveying emphasis or politeness through the use of a relative clause, such as what we want is representing we want. 假拟分裂句（如用what we want is表示we want） Example sentencesExamples Higgins (1973) distinguished predicational and specificational pseudoclefts, and showed that, unlike predicational pseudoclefts, specificational pseudoclefts exhibit a variety of syntactic and semantic connectivity effects, i.e. the post-copular phrase behaves in some ways as if it ‘sits’ inside the free relative subject. Apparent examples of wh-movement are pseudoclefts in which the initial wh-phrase is a predicate and the following material is a headless relative clause in subject position.
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