pseudoclefting

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pseudo- +‎ clefting

Noun[edit]

pseudoclefting (uncountable)

  1. (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".

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