| 单词 | rankshifting |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈrankshifting ˈrankshifting n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic relations > [noun] > change of word order or position > specific types of movement or transformation cleft construction1937 wh-transformation1957 rank shift1961 rankshifting1965 fronting1966 pseudo-cleft1967 promotion1968 pseudo-clefting1970 tough movement1971 slifting1973 extraposing1976 1965 Language 41 161 M. A. K. Halliday speaks of a device in grammar which he calls ‘rank shifting’, a name for what appears to be one type of transformation. 1997 W. B. McGregor Semiotic Gram. iv. 127 The most important type of rankshifting is that in which a clause is demoted to word rank. < as lemmas |
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