The Structure of English Clauses |
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Levels of linguistic structure | 1 |
Grammar and grammatical rules | 11 |
meanings and structures | 23 |
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adding clause addressee asked Bill binder bound clause Brep Chapter clause complexes cloc contingent clause continuous aspect declarative declarative mood discourse dominant clause electric field element Elmo's fire English examples Exercise Figure finite fitter sent free clause function given going grammatical Harold headword imperative indicative influence modality ing-form instance interpretation interrogative interrogative mood intonation it-theme joined jussive exclusive kind language linking adjunct listed main verb manner adjunct meaning modal auxiliary modal verbs mood morphemes n-form negative neutral theme nominal group non-finite non-finite clauses non-modal object occur P-bound passive past tense patterns phoneme phonological polar emphasis position possible predicator prepositional group present pretonic proposition question rankshifted clause realized reference relative clause reported clause RHEME sent these documents sentence sequence speaker syllable to-form tone group tonic utterance verbal group WH-S window word