STRUTURECS OF MODIFICATION, COORDINATION, AND COMPLEMENTATION Flashcards
is the use of words or
phrases to show further information or
description about a thing, a person, a
place, an action, or any quality being
labeled.
Modification
Basic modifiers are adjectives and
adverbs
main word or the head
which describes the
head in a way affecting the head’s meaning
modifier
comes from the latin word “ consilio inito” which means “join together”.
Coordination
Function
Coordinating Conj
used for combining two or more related strings or conjoins:
and
contrasting strings: I paid for the travel but decided not to go.
but
option between 2 or more strings
or
outcomes or result
so
strongly contrasting a prior statemen
yet
time or purpose
for
elements are joined by coordinating conj’s
Syndetic
coordinators are not necessarily present but
could be inserted
Asyndetic
coordinator is recurring between each pair
of units
Polysyndetic
though, although,
even though, while
Concession