ABSTRACT
Cleft and pseudo-cleft sentences have s imilar characteristics and functions i n Ca ta lan to those they have i n Eng l i sh . The unmarked structure En Vicenc va sortir ahir amb la Nuria 'V icenc went out wi th N u r i a yesterday' cou ld , for specific emphasis, become one o f the fo l lowing cleft sentences:
It was Vicenc that went out w i t h N u r i a yesterday./Vicenc is the one w h o . . .
