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Online Grammar Clinic I Prof.Trad.Valeria Virga Theme, focus &  information processing Today we are going to examine  Cleft and Pseudo-Cleft Sentences
Let´s recap ,[object Object],[object Object]
Focus structures ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Cleft-sentences ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Clefting ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Consider the following ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
And now this: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],It is the individual
Clefting ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Interesting! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Answer ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
That is to say: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Cleft Sentences consist of: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Cleft sentences: analysis ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Consider the following: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Pseudo-cleft sentences: Quirk ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Pseudo-cleft sentences ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Pseudo-cleft sentences ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Pseudo-Cleft Sentences ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
An example found in  A Student´s Grammar of the English Language  by Quirk  et al  . ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Clefting ,[object Object],[object Object]

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