Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

slifting

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: slift-ing
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The preposing of an embedded clause containing reported speech or beliefs.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The rule of Slifting (described in Ross 1973) moves complement clauses and adjoins them to the left of the original embedding structure as a coordinate clause, leaving the rest of the structure as a tag."

Etymology

Blend of sentence + lifting. Coined by American linguist John R. Ross.

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

slift

Questions

What does slifting mean?: The preposing of an embedded clause containing reported speech or beliefs.
Where does slifting come from?: Blend of sentence + lifting. Coined by American linguist John R. Ross.

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