Linguistic Clause
A Linguistic Clause is a terminal word string with a predicate and a clause subject that expresses a proposition.
- Context:
- It can (typically) be a Linguistic Component.
- It can be a Substring of a Natural Language Sentence.
- It can be a Finite Clause or a Non-Finite Clause.
- It can range from being Independent Clause (main clause) to being a Dependent Clause (subordinate clause, such as a relative clause).
- It can have a similar Grammatical Function as a Linguistic Phrase (and thus be difficult to distinguish between the two of them).
- It can contain element such as: subject, verb, direct object, indirect object, subject predictive, and adverbial.
- Example(s):
- In the sentence: "[It is frigid], [although the sun is out]."; the main clause is "it is frigid", and "although the sun is out” is a dependent clause.
- In the sentence: "The rat [the cat chased] ate the cheese." is a case of Center Embedding.
- An Antecedent Linguistic Clause, on a Conditional Sentence.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- a Noun Phrase.
- a Legal Clause.
- See: Sentence, Phrase, Legal Clause, Logic Clause, Verb Phrase, Imperative Mood, Non-Finite Clause.
References
See: Linguistic Clause, Logic Clause, Legal Clause, Logic Program Clause, Independent Clause.
References
2023
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/clause#Noun
- QUOTE:
- (grammar) A verb, its necessary grammatical arguments, and any adjuncts affecting them.
- (grammar) A verb along with its subject and their modifiers. If a clause provides a complete thought on its own, then it is an independent (superordinate) clause; otherwise, it is (subordinate) dependent.
- (law) A separate part of a contract, a will or another legal document.
- QUOTE:
2023
- (Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clause Retrieved:2023-8-19.
- In language, a clause is a constituent that comprises a semantic predicand (expressed or not) and a semantic predicate. A typical clause consists of a subject and a syntactic predicate, [1] the latter typically a verb phrase composed of a verb with any objects and other modifiers. However, the subject is sometimes unvoiced if it is retrievable from context, especially in null-subject language but also in other languages, including English instances of the imperative mood.
A complete simple sentence contains a single clause with a finite verb. Complex sentences contain at least one clause subordinated (dependent) to an independent clause (one that could stand alone as a simple sentence), which may be co-ordinated with other independents with or without dependents. Some dependent clauses are non-finite.
- In language, a clause is a constituent that comprises a semantic predicand (expressed or not) and a semantic predicate. A typical clause consists of a subject and a syntactic predicate, [1] the latter typically a verb phrase composed of a verb with any objects and other modifiers. However, the subject is sometimes unvoiced if it is retrievable from context, especially in null-subject language but also in other languages, including English instances of the imperative mood.
- ↑ For a definition of the clause that emphasizes the subject-predicate relationship, see Radford (2004327f.).
2016
- (Wikipedia, 2016) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_clause_structure Retrieved:2016-5-20.
- In grammar, clause structure refers to the classification of sentences based on the number and kind of clauses in their syntactic structure. Such division is an element of traditional grammar.
A simple sentence consists of only one clause. A compound sentence consists of two or more independent clauses. A complex sentence has at least one independent clause plus at least one dependent clause. A set of words with no independent clause may be an incomplete sentence, also called a sentence fragment.
A sentence consisting of at least one dependent clauses and at least two independent clauses may be called a complex-compound sentence or compound-complex sentence.Sentence 1 is an example of a simple sentence. Sentence 2 is compound because "so" is considered a coordinating conjunction in English, and sentence 3 is complex. Sentence 4 is compound-complex (also known as complex-compound). Example 5 is a sentence fragment.
- I like pumpkin pie.
- I don't know how to bake, so I buy my sweets.
- I enjoyed the apple pie that you bought for me.
- The dog lived in the garden, but the cat, who was smarter, lived inside the house.
- What an idiot.
- The simple sentence in example 1 contains one clause. Example two has two clauses (I don't know how to bake and I buy my sweets), combined into a single sentence with the coordinating conjunction so. In example 3, I enjoyed the apple pie is an independent clause, and that you bought for me is a dependent clause; the sentence is thus complex. In sentence 4, The dog lived in the garden and the cat lived inside the house are both independent clauses; who was smarter is a dependent clause. Example 5 features a noun phrase but no verb. It is not a grammatically complete clause.
- In grammar, clause structure refers to the classification of sentences based on the number and kind of clauses in their syntactic structure. Such division is an element of traditional grammar.
2012
- http://www-01.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryoflinguisticTerms/WhatIsAClause.htm
- QUOTE: A clause is a grammatical unit that includes, at minimum, a predicate and an explicit or implied subject, and expresses a proposition.
The following example sentence contains two clauses:
- “
It is cold, although the sun is shining.
” The main clause is it is cold and the subordinate clause is although the sun is shining.
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- Here are some kinds of clauses:
- What is an adverbial clause?
- What is a coordinate clause?
- What is an equative clause?
- What is an existential clause?
- What is a final clause?
- What is a finite clause?
- What is a main clause?
- What is a marking clause?
- What is a medial clause?
- What is a nominal clause?
- What is a nonfinite clause?
- What is a reference clause?
- What is a relative clause?
- What is a subordinate clause?
- QUOTE: A clause is a grammatical unit that includes, at minimum, a predicate and an explicit or implied subject, and expresses a proposition.