KINDS OF KINDS OF CLAUSESCLAUSES

KINDS OF KINDS OF CLAUSESCLAUSES

RECOGNITION PRACTICE

IDENTIFYIDENTIFY

MAJOR OR MINOR CLAUSES

SINGLE INDEPENDENTDEPENDENT IN A PARATACTIC

ORHYPOTACTIC CLAUSE COMPLEX

FINITEOR

NON-FINITE

ELLIPTICALOR

EMBEDDED

EMBEDDEDPLUS

FUNCTION

William had just gone away to London, and his mother missed his money.

Two paratactically related clauses

There is no significant difference in the ideational content of these two utterances.

Single clause

What a nice plant!

MINOR CLAUSE

If you want to learn it, you must begin.

Hypotactic clause complex

Clause 1 dependent, Clause 2 independent

It is clear [[ that

there is always a

difference]].

Single clause, with Finite clause introduced by “that” as real postponed Subject. This is a case of anticipatory “it”

Mrs Morel talked again to Paul, who was helping her with her housework.

Hypotactic Clause Complex, with Clause 1 as main clause and Clause 2 as dependent clause of elaboration.

Do you enjoy [[making sounds]]?

Single clause with

embedded clause as C =

DO

At Christmas, people buy their kids more gaming, entertainment-based items.

Single clause

[[What is beautiful]] is also in some respects ugly.

Single clause with embedded finite clause as Subject

They took [[what they wanted]].

Single clause with

embedded clause as C

= DO

Throw it away or give it to your sister.

Paractactic clause complex

Not any more.

Elliptical (recoverable from

context)

It isn’t surprising [[that Aristotle appealed to such principles]].

Single clause with embedded “that finite clause” as Subject, real postponed Subject. The clause has anticipatory “it”