Question about the structure of a sentence
Hi~ I'm confused whether the structure of the sentence underlined below.
Is it "It-that" structure, whose subject should be the that-clause? Or is "that" a relative pronoun what modify "the process of learning"?
If the latter is right, what do you think "It" refers to?
Thanks a lot~!
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He describes the innovative Big Picture Schools model he established around the idea of providing students with the opportunity to explore their interests and cultivate their passions through real-life learning experiences. He also shows that this model served as a highly effective platform for deep learning. It is the process of learning that is emphasized and transferred to future learning and real work experiences.
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It is the process of learning that is emphasized and transferred to future learning and real work experiences . I’d say this was an it -cleft construction where the pronoun “it” is a meaningless dummy element serving the syntactic function of filling the subject position. The foregrounded element "the process of learning" functions as complement to "be", and is antecedent for the relativised element "that".
- It is the process of learning that is emphasized and transferred to future learning and real work experiences .
- I’d say this was an it -cleft construction where the pronoun “it” is a meaningless dummy element serving the syntactic function of filling the subject position.
- The foregrounded element "the process of learning" functions as complement to "be", and is antecedent for the relativised element "that".
- The backgrounded element is the underlined relative clause.
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It is the process of learning that is emphasized and transferred to future learning and real work experiences.
I’d say this was an it-cleft construction where the pronoun “it” is a meaningless dummy element serving the syntactic function of filling the subject position.
The foregrounded element "the process of learning" functions as complement to "be", and is a
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