Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pseudocleft

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pseu-do-cleft
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or relating to a cleft sentence.

Example Sentences

"Given that Malagasy has wh-in-situ questions, the pseudocleft analysis is simply an extension of this strategy, in which the wh-phrase is in-situ as a predicate."

Etymology

From pseudo- + cleft.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pseudo

Frequently Paired Words

pseudoclefting

Questions

What does pseudocleft mean?: Resembling or relating to a cleft sentence.
Where does pseudocleft come from?: From pseudo- + cleft.

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