Generative Syntax 2.3: It-Clefts and Constituency

Generative Syntax 2.3: It-Clefts and Constituency
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We already saw that English, like many other languages, has ways to indicate particular information structure within a sentence. We use that fronting operation, particularly in order to indicate contrast with something that's been said before, but there are other constructions that can be used to gain particular effects, and one's that's used is th... Read More
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