pseudoclefting

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English

Etymology

From pseudo- +‎ clefting.

Noun

pseudoclefting (uncountable)

  1. (linguistics) The insertion of is what or a similar word sequence so as to form a pseudocleft sentence, as when changing "she bought an apple" to "an apple is what she bought".