Universal 1887:
- Original
- The Cleftability Hierarchy:
Subject > Direct Object > Indirect Object > Oblique NP > Genitive NP > Object of Comparison.Syntactic positions on the top of the hierarchy can be clefted in a larger variety of sentences, or in more complex constructions than those on the bottom of the hierarchy.
- Standardized
- The Cleftability Hierarchy:
Subject > Direct Object > Indirect Object > Oblique NP > Genitive NP > Object of Comparison.Syntactic positions on the top of the hierarchy can be clefted in a larger variety of sentences, or in more complex constructions than those on the bottom of the hierarchy.
- Keywords
- cleft, complexity
- Domain
- syntax
- Type
- implicational hierarchy
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- statistical
- Basis
- languages mentioned in Luo 1993
- Source
- Luo 1993
- Counterexamples
A CLEFT sentence is defined as a construction in which a particlular constituent is marked by means of a syntactic and/or morphological device for the purpose of focus, contrast, or emphasis.