強きょう調ちょう構こう文ぶん

noun

emphatic construction; cleft sentence

Linguistics term for sentence patterns that emphasize a particular element, such as English cleft sentences (It is ... that ...) or Japanese ～のは～だ constructions.

• 英えい語ごの「It is ... that ...」は強きょう調ちょう構こう文ぶんの一いっ種しゅです。

  English 'It is ... that ...' is a type of emphatic construction.

• 日本にほん語ごの「～のは～だ」も強きょう調ちょう構こう文ぶんとしてよく取とり上あげられます。

  Japanese '～のは～だ' is also often cited as an emphatic construction.