In this paper I propose a new analysis of the English cleft in which the cleft clause is a restrictive relative clause adjoined to the clefted XP. I provide evidence showing that both ‘matching’ and ‘raising’ derivations are possible, that the initial it of clefts is not an expletive, and that the cleft clause undergoes obligatory extraposition to VP. Taken together, this evidence favours the p...

The two partitive constructions in (1) and (2) feature a definite determiner which does not force a presuppositional interpretation for the DP after de. That is, du pain and des crayons do not need to refer to a known amount of bread or to a known set of pencils. On the basis of this observation, the definite determiner appearing in (1) and (2) can be labeled as expletive. (Milner 1978), as wel...

The current paper proposes a constraint-based syntax-optimality-theoretic (CBS-OT) alternative to the conventional assumption or to a plausible phonological analysis of the `non-past' tense morpheme and the verbal base forms, which performs a division of labor among linguistic components. The analysis of the so-called `non-past' morpheme as the default morpheme of tense, or the tense expletive,...

The paper provides an analysis of the construction in Hungarian known as focus raising, illustrated below. János-t mond-t-am hogy jön John-ACC say-PAST-1SG that come.3SG ‘It is John that I said is coming.’ In focus raising, the focus of the matrix clause is identified with a grammatical function in the embedded clause. Focus raising is particularly interesting because of the case marking on foc...

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This study aims to find out the translation techniques of swear words in novel Riḥlah ilā Allāh by Najib Kaelani and function those words. The data this are form their translations which sourced from its "Meniti Jalan Allah". used theory for research is Molina & Albir’s perspectives, Swear functions Trudgill Andersson. descriptive qualitative with collection method using reading note-taking...