Clauses
CLAUSES
Seminar paper
Contents:
1. Introduction 3
2. Independent clauses 3 2.1 Declarative clauses 4 2.2 Interrogative clauses 4 2.3 Exclamative clauses…………………………………………………………………………….. 6 2.4 Imperative clauses 6 2.5 Non-clausal material 7
3. Finite dependent clauses 7 3.1 Complement clauses 7 3.2 Adverbial clauses 8 3.3 Relative clauses 8 3.4 Comparative clauses 9 3.5 Peripheral clauses 9
4. Non-finite dependent clauses 10 4.1 Infinitive clauses 10 4.2 Ing-clauses 11 4.3 Ed-participle clauses 11 4.4 Verbless clauses 12
5. Dependent clauses with no main clause 12
6. Clause structures 13 6.1 Multiple class membership of verbs 14
7. Syntactic function of clause elements……………………………………………………14 7.1 Subject…………………………………………………………………………………………..15 7.2 Object (direct and indirect)……………………………………………………………………...17 7.3 Complement: subject and object………………………………………………………………...18 7.4 Adverbial………………………………………………………………………………………...19
8. Order of clause elements…………………………………………………………………………..20
9. Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………………….21
10. The article…………………………………………………………………………………………22
1. Introduction
Sentences are either SIMPLE or MULTIPLE. A simple sentence consists of a single independent clause. A multiple sentence contains one or more clauses as its immediate constituents. Multiple sentences are either COMPOUND or COMPLEX. In a compound sentence the immediate constituents are two or more COORDINATE clauses. In a complex sentence one or more of its elements, such as direct object or adverbial, are realized by a SUBORDINATE clause.
Elements such as subject and verb are constituents of sentences and also of clause within sentences. We shall speak of CLAUSES and CLAUSE STRUCTURE whenever what we say applies both to sentences and to the clauses of which sentences are composed. Thus a complex sentence with one subordinate clause can
Seminar paper
Contents:
1. Introduction 3
2. Independent clauses 3 2.1 Declarative clauses 4 2.2 Interrogative clauses 4 2.3 Exclamative clauses…………………………………………………………………………….. 6 2.4 Imperative clauses 6 2.5 Non-clausal material 7
3. Finite dependent clauses 7 3.1 Complement clauses 7 3.2 Adverbial clauses 8 3.3 Relative clauses 8 3.4 Comparative clauses 9 3.5 Peripheral clauses 9
4. Non-finite dependent clauses 10 4.1 Infinitive clauses 10 4.2 Ing-clauses 11 4.3 Ed-participle clauses 11 4.4 Verbless clauses 12
5. Dependent clauses with no main clause 12
6. Clause structures 13 6.1 Multiple class membership of verbs 14
7. Syntactic function of clause elements……………………………………………………14 7.1 Subject…………………………………………………………………………………………..15 7.2 Object (direct and indirect)……………………………………………………………………...17 7.3 Complement: subject and object………………………………………………………………...18 7.4 Adverbial………………………………………………………………………………………...19
8. Order of clause elements…………………………………………………………………………..20
9. Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………………….21
10. The article…………………………………………………………………………………………22
1. Introduction
Sentences are either SIMPLE or MULTIPLE. A simple sentence consists of a single independent clause. A multiple sentence contains one or more clauses as its immediate constituents. Multiple sentences are either COMPOUND or COMPLEX. In a compound sentence the immediate constituents are two or more COORDINATE clauses. In a complex sentence one or more of its elements, such as direct object or adverbial, are realized by a SUBORDINATE clause.
Elements such as subject and verb are constituents of sentences and also of clause within sentences. We shall speak of CLAUSES and CLAUSE STRUCTURE whenever what we say applies both to sentences and to the clauses of which sentences are composed. Thus a complex sentence with one subordinate clause can
References: http://content.usatoday.com (Have you spotted a rat in a hotel lately? TripAdvisor reviews hint at possible uptick) Sidney Greenbaum, Rudolpf Quirk; A University Grammar of the English Language Douglas Biber, Susan Conrad, Geofrey Leech; Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English John Eastwood, Oxford Lerner 's Grammar (Grammar Finder)