Chapter 9: Constituent Order Flashcards
1
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Declarative clauses
A
Clauses former to express assertions.
2
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Basic constituent order
A
The ‘normal’ constituent order pattern of a language.
3
Q
Interrogative clauses
A
Clauses formed o express questions.
4
Q
Imperative clauses
A
Clauses formed to express commands.
5
Q
Complexity
A
How long and difficult something is.
6
Q
Information status
A
Whether the information contained in the constituent is known or unknown.
7
Q
Discontinuous verbal cluster
A
When there is a conflict between constituent order rules at clause level, resulting in split constituents.
8
Q
Extraposition
A
The movement of the relative clause outside of the noun phrase.
9
Q
Constituent order
A
Word order.
