LINGUIST 1ZZ3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Preposition And Postposition, Extraposition, Finite Verb
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Simple sentences contain one clause (s or ip) Complex sentences contain more than on clause: matrix (main clause) + one or more embedded (subordinate clause) Main types of embedded sentences: that clause i know that you live in toronto. That clause cannot stand on its own: adverbial clauses if you are ready, we"ll go home. Adjunct, disjunct (speaker"s perspective), and conjunct: wh-clauses. Wh- questions where do you live? (no embedded) Relative clauses on the street where you live. Indirect questions he would like to know, where tim is. Also non-finite clauses i want you to have fun: finite clauses are marked for tense, marked for person. Finite clauses contain a finite verb form (marked for tense: the patrol car saw me before i had had a chance to slow down to the posted speed limit. Non-finite clauses have a non-finite verb form (tense is not marked) I made sure to signal well before making the turn.