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Predicate Clefts

Predicate clefts is a syntactic construction in which a predicate is focused and highlighted through a cleft sentence structure, typically involving a copular clause that identifies or emphasizes the predicate as the core informational content.

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2017–2026

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Predicate Clefting

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38

Chain Resolution In Hebrew V(P)‐fronting

Idan Landau · Syntax · 2006 · 266 citations

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It-clefts, informativeness and logical form: Radical pragmatics (revised standard version)

Jay David Atlas, Stephen C. Levinson · MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) · 1981 · 213 citations · Full text

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Exhaustiveness and the Semantics of Clefts

Laurence R. Horn · Scholarworks (University of Massachusetts Amherst) · 1981 · 168 citations · Full text

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Shi … de focus clefts in Mandarin Chinese

Waltraud Paul, John Whitman · The Linguistic Review · 2008 · 149 citations

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It's that, and that's it! Exhaustivity and homogeneity presuppositions in clefts (and definites)

Daniel Büring, Manuel Križ · Semantics and Pragmatics · 2013 · 140 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. FZ
    Fangqiong Zhan

    Stanford University, United States

    2 publications · 48 citations

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  2. JD
    Judy Delin

    University of Stirling, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 222 citations

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  3. MK
    Manuel Križ

    University of Vienna, Austria

    2 publications · 150 citations

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  4. CL
    Claire Lefebvre

    Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada

    2 publications · 21 citations

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  5. DB
    Daniel Büring

    University of Vienna, Austria

    2 publications · 150 citations

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Institutions

23

  1. East China Normal University

    Shanghai, China

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    48 citations

  2. KU Leuven

    Leuven, Belgium

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    88 citations

  3. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    48 citations

  4. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    213 citations

  5. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    149 citations

  6. Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori di Pavia

    Pavia, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

  7. Roma Tre University

    Rome, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    75 citations

  8. Hungarian Academy of Sciences

    Budapest, Hungary

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    34 citations

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Venues

  1. Linguistics

    5 publications · 236 citations

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  2. Scholarworks (University of Massachusetts Amherst)

    Repository · 4 publications · 212 citations

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  3. Language

    3 publications · 169 citations

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  4. Lingua

    3 publications · 185 citations

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  5. Natural Language & Linguistic Theory

    2 publications · 155 citations

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