Universal #1891

Legacy number: 1891

 Number  1886
 Original  The Cleftability Hierarchy:
Subject > Direct Object > Indirect Object > Oblique NP > Genitive NP > Object of Comparison.

Syntactic positions on the top of the cleftability hierarchy have more access to the deletion strategy and/or less access to the pronoun retention strategy.
 Standardized  The Cleftability Hierarchy:
Subject > Direct Object > Indirect Object > Oblique NP > Genitive NP > Object of Comparison.

Syntactic positions on the top of the cleftability hierarchy have more access to the deletion strategy and/or less access to the pronoun retention strategy.
 Keywords  cleft, pronoun deletion, retention
 Domain  syntax
 Type  implicational hierarchy
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  languages mentioned in Luo 1993
 Source  Luo 1993

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Discussion
Notes
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.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
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.