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2. Sentence clause structure - Wikipedia

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   A complex sentence has one or more dependent clauses (also called subordinate clauses). Since a dependent clause cannot stand on its own as a sentence, complex sentences must also have at least one independent clause. In short, a sentence with one or more dependent clauses and at least one independent clause is a complex sentence.

3. English grammar - Wikipedia

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   English grammar is the set of structural rules of the English language.This includes the structure of words, phrases, clauses, sentences, and whole texts.. This article describes a generalized, present-day Standard English – a form of speech and writing used in public discourse, including broadcasting, education, entertainment, government, and news, over a range of registers, from formal to ...

4. Syntactic Structures - Wikipedia

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   Syntax was recognized as the focal point of language production, in which a finite set of rules can produce an infinite number of sentences. Subsequently, morphology (i.e. the study of structure and formation of words) and phonology (i.e. the study of organization of sounds in languages) were relegated in importance.

5. Constituent (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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   Constituent (linguistics) In syntactic analysis, a constituent is a word or a group of words that function as a single unit within a hierarchical structure. The constituent structure of sentences is identified using tests for constituents. [ 1] These tests apply to a portion of a sentence, and the results provide evidence about the constituent ...

6. Topic and comment - Wikipedia

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   t. e. In linguistics, the topic, or theme, of a sentence is what is being talked about, and the comment ( rheme or focus) is what is being said about the topic. This division into old vs. new content is called information structure. It is generally agreed that clauses are divided into topic vs. comment, but in certain cases the boundary between ...

7. Cleft sentence - Wikipedia

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   A cleft sentence is a complex sentence (one having a main clause and a dependent clause) that has a meaning that could be expressed by a simple sentence. Clefts typically put a particular constituent into focus. In spoken language, this focusing is often accompanied by a special intonation . In English, a cleft sentence can be constructed as ...

8. Structural linguistics - Wikipedia

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   Structural linguistics, or structuralism, in linguistics, denotes schools or theories in which language is conceived as a self-contained, self-regulating semiotic system whose elements are defined by their relationship to other elements within the system. [ 1][ 2] It is derived from the work of Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure and is part ...

9. Clause - Wikipedia

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   Clause. In language, a clause is a constituent or phrase that comprises a semantic predicand (expressed or not) and a semantic predicate. [ 1] A typical clause consists of a subject and a syntactic predicate, [ 2] the latter typically a verb phrase composed of a verb with or without any objects and other modifiers.