... ‘informative presupposition’ it-clefts 2.1 Comment-Topic Clefts In prototypical clefts, like that in (1), the cleft clause expresses an activated presupposition and the clefted constituent, which ... the clefted constituent and the cleft clause is or can be left unaccented or even not expressed at all Prince (1978) calls such clefts "stressed focus clefts" Following Gundel (1985), such clefts ... and use of the cleft construction Multiple Focus Clefts In this section, I examine three subtypes of clefts that contain prosodic prominence on both the clefted constituent and the cleft clause,...