Cleft sentences: form, function, and translation
Although cleft sentences are possible constructions in both English and German, they are far more frequent in English texts. Durrell (2002: 479) observes in his Hammer’s German Grammar and Usage that “with the exception of the type 'Er war es, der mich davon abhielt […]', cleft sentence co...
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Cambridge University Press
2009
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| Online Access: | https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/5721/1/Cleft%20sentences.pdf |