CRITERIA FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF CLAUSE ELEMENTS

Realizations of clausal elements

As participants, Objects, like the Subject, are typically realized by NGs and answer questions with who, what or which, as in What did they carry?

Complements of the Subject or Object can be realized by adjectives such as useful (7a and 7b) or by an NG (a student) (8a and 8b).

Circumstantial Adjuncts are realized by PPs (drive on the left) or AdvGs (drive slowly). They generally answer questions with where, when, how, why? as in Where does he work? How did it happen?

These are the typical options. We must be aware, however, that with the exception of the Predicator, there is no one-to-one correspondence between class of unit and syntactic function in English. While the Predicator is always realized by a verbal group, the other functions display a considerable range of possible realizations. The versatility of the language is such that almost any group or clause can realize these functions and that each function can be realized by different classes of unit.

In the following pages, the realizations are arranged in order of typicality. The more exact word prototypical is sometimes used, for something that shows most of the characteristics of its type, and is therefore a good example of the type or function, and non-prototypical for something that is a less good example. For instance, a nominal group is a prototypical realization of the Subject function, while a prepositional phrase is non-prototypical in subject function.

اخر الاخبار

اخبار العتبة العباسية المقدسة

قسم الشؤون الفكرية يصدر عددين جديدين من نشرتي الكفيل والخميس

متحف الكفيل يستعرض حاملَ شموعٍ يعود إلى العصر القاجاري

ذوو شهداء مدرسة ميناب الإيرانية يتشرفون بزيارة مرقد أبي الفضل العباس (عليه السلام)

قسم الصناعات ينجز 75‎%‎ من أعمال إنشاء سور حديدي في شركة عين الحياة

المزيد

الآخبار الصحية

السجائر الإلكترونية والإقلاع عن التدخين.. نتائج متباينة تثير الجدل العلمي

مصر تحقق إنجازاً دولياً جديداً في منظمة الصحة العالمية

دراسة: السباحة فعّالة أكثر من الجري في الحفاظ على صحة القلب

عامل خطر في بداية الحمل يؤخر تطور الكلام والمهارات الحركية لدى الرضع

المزيد

الآخبار التكنلوجية

أحلامك ليست عشوائية.. إليك ما يفعله دماغك أثناء نومك

روسيا.. العلماء يضاعفون الاستقرار الحراري للألواح الشمسية ثلاث مرات

علماء يكشفون سر سرعة الدلافين في السباحة

سلمي أو دموي.. هكذا تنتقل السلطة في مجتمع الجرذان

المزيد

مواضيع ذات صلة

THE PREDICATOR (P)

BASIC SYNTACTIC STRUCTURES OF THE CLAUSE

CRITERIA FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF CLAUSE ELEMENTS Ability to become the subject

CRITERIA FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF CLAUSE ELEMENTS Determination by the verb

SYNTACTIC ELEMENTS AND STRUCTURES OF THE CLAUSE SUMMARY

NO-NEGATION VS NOT-NEGATION + ANY

Interrogative clauses

CLAUSAL NEGATION

NEGATION AND EXPANSION NEGATIVE AND INTERROGATIVE CLAUSE STRUCTURES

Syntactic elements of clauses

CLASSES OF UNITS Classes of clauses

Combining the three types of structure