FastItalian Learning
Syntactic Dislocation — Dislocazione Sintattica·Dislocation vs Cleft Sentence — Distinguish the Structures
💡

Rule reminder

Dislocation moves a constituent with a resumptive clitic: 'Il libro, lo leggo stasera.' A cleft sentence uses 'è ... che/chi' to focus an element: 'È il libro che leggo stasera.' They serve different functions: dislocation marks a topic (shared info); a cleft sentence highlights new or contrasted information (focus).

Dislocation vs Cleft Sentence — Distinguish the Structures1 / 10

'Marco, lo conosco da anni.' — What structure is this?

More in this section

→ Advanced Dislocation: Complex Sentences→ Dislocation vs. Cleft Sentences (Frasi Scisse)→ Dislocation in Professional and Media Italian→ Mastery: All Dislocation Types
📝 Take the Section 4 Mini-Exam← Back to Syntactic Dislocation — Dislocazione Sintattica