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coordination- a paramount example of paratactic (that).

;Subordinators for non finite and verbless


relationship (parataxis being the syntactic arrangement of clauses:all the classes except bare infinitive ones can be
items with equal status);subordination-asymmetrical introduced by the subordinators with and without. An NP,
relation in that the main clause and its subordinate which is not necessarily the subject, is required after the
clauses are in a hypotactic relationship (hypotaxis being subordinator:Without you to consult, I would be
underneath arrangement); Syntactic features of completely lost;Subordinators for bare infinitive
coordinators- 1.Clause coordinators are restricted to clauses:they are limited to two synonymous
clause-initial position,2.Coordinated clauses are subordinators rather than and sooner than. The matrix
sequentially fixed;3. Coordinators are not preceded by a clause expresses the subject's preference;Subordinators
conjunction;4.Coordinators can link clause constituents: I for -ed clauses and verbless clauses: may be introduced
may see you tomorrow or I may phone you later in the by some subordinators that are also used for finite
day,5.Coordinators can link subordinate clauses: He clauses:although, as as if, as soon as, as though, even if,
asked to be transferred, because he was unhappy, if, once, though,unless, until,when(ever),wher(ever),
(because) he saw no prospect of promotion, and whether... or [conditional-concessive], while,
(because) conditions were far better at the other of- whilst;Subordinators for -ing clauses:may be
fice,6.Coordinators can link more than two clauses: The introduced by any of the subordinators for -ed participles,
battery may be disconnected, or the connection may be except where, wherever, as [manner], and as soon
loose, or the bulb may be faulty;;The uses of or: a)Or is as;Other indicators of subordination:Wh-ements are
typically exclusive, i.e. it excludes the possibility that initial markers of subordination in subordinate
both conjoins are true, or are to be fulfilled;b)Or can be interrogative clauses and subordinate exclamative
interpreted as being inclusive, when it is implied that clauses, in wh-relative clauses and in conditional-
both conjoins may be true or possible;c)The alternative concessive clauses.b.The relative pronoun that, which
introduced by or may also be a restatement or a can be often used instead of wh-pronouns in restrictive
corrective to what is said in the first conjoin,d)Or can, in relative clauses.This relativizatior should be
addition to alternatives, imply negative conditions, as distinguished from the subordinator that, which does not
shown by the para-phraset; Subordinate clause is a part operate as an element in the subordinate clause. c.
of its superordinate clause and functions as one of its subject-operator inversion is a marker of subordination in
elements, thus resembling in functional and distributional some conditional, similarity, and comparative clauses. It
terms phrases or words:We noticed that they were is characteristic of literary and persuasive style. The
nervous; Formal indicators of operators that allwo the inversion are had, were, should,
subordination:Subordination is generally signalled by an and - less commonly - could and might.d. the absence of
item in the subordinate clause.These indicators may be of a finite verb is itself an indicator of subordination,
various types: 1)the clause has an initial since nonfinite and verbless clauses are necessarily
subordinator;2)the clause has an initial wh-element;3)the subordinate;There are only two types of subordinate
clause may exhibit inversion of initial elements;4)the clauses that have no clear indication of subordination
presence of a certain verb form in finite clauses with them:Nominal that-clauses allow the omission of
conditioned by the type of subordinate clause;5) the verb that in certain contexts, but the sub-ordinator is
element of the clause is either nonfinite or potentially insertable:I suppose I can use your telephone.
absent;Subordinators for finite clauses:Simple .
coordinators:after, although, as, because, before,
directly, if, immediately, lest , like, once, since,
that,though,till,unless,when(ever), where(ever), whereas,
whereupon, while, whilst;Complex
subordinators:ending with that:but that, in that, in order
that, insofar that, in the event that, save that, such
that;ending with optional that:a. particle
form:assuming,considering,excepting,given,granted,gran
ting,provided providing, seeing, supposing;Correlative
subordinators: The correlative subordinators are divided
into the following five sets. The second item endorses the
meaning of the first:1).as ..so; 2) as,so,such…
as;so,such..that;less,more…than;no
sooner..than;)barely,hardly,scarcely.... when;3)the ..
the;4)whether,if…or;4). subordinator plus optional
conjunct:although,even if,(even) though,while…
yet,nevertheless;if,once,since[reason unless…then,in that
case;because ... therefore;marginal
subordinators:Type 1 consists of a habitual combination
of a subordinator with a preceding or following ad-verb,
e.g. even and if, and if only. By contrast, only if and just
as consist of a premodifier preceding a subordinator.
Type 2 consists of NPs that commonly function as
temporal adverbials, e.g. the moment (that) and every
time (that:I recognized him the moment (that) I saw
him.Type 3 consists of PPs ending in the fact
that.:because of the fact that;Type 4 comprises participle
forms such as supposing (that) and provided

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