Universal #1892

Legacy number: 1892

 Number  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

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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.