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