An Analysison the Focus of Cleft Sentences in Mandarin Chinese

doi:10.13438/j.cnki.jdxb.2017.02.022

Abstract

Abstract: The cleft sentence is represented to emphasize component.The Mandarin Chinese cleft sentence falls into three main forms which are SHI…DE，Subject…SHI…DE…and Subject…SHI…DE.SHI and DE are consisted in cleft sentence where SHI is focus marker and DE is considered as a tense marker.Focus in cleft sentences could be divided into two categories，which are in-situ focus and ex-situ focus.Ex-situ focus could be classified into two types：inner focus with no topicality feature and outer focus which has its topicality feature.

Key words: cleft sentence, focus structure, focus category, Mandarin Chinese

BAI Lan. An Analysison the Focus of Cleft Sentences in Mandarin Chinese[J]. Journal of Jishou University（Social Sciences）, DOI: 10.13438/j.cnki.jdxb.2017.02.022.

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