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Meaning of slifting | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The preposing of an embedded clause containing reported speech or beliefs.

uncountable

Examples

“The rule of Slifting (described in Ross 1973) moves complement clauses and adjoins them to the left of the original embedding structure as a coordinate clause, leaving the rest of the structure as a tag.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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