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In Sect. 9.1 we showed that a focused concept should be subjectivized, and that a subjectivized concept should form a focus. In Sect. 9.2 we demonstrated that clefting corresponds to a focusing of attention. We have thus become acquainted with two conditions influencing the focus of attention. However, since all sentences, including cleft sentences, have a subject-predicate structure, both factors operate in cleft sentences. It is therefore possible for the two factors to focus the same concept or different concepts.
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Engelkamp, J., Zimmer, H.D. (1983). Interaction Between Subjectivization and Clefting. In: Dynamic Aspects of Language Processing. Springer Series in Language and Communication, vol 16. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69116-4_10
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