E_English Grammar Course Chapter VI The Complex Sentence Issues Subordination Classifications of subordinate clauses Subordinators Nominal clauses Adverbial clauses Comparative and Comment clauses 1/1 Subordination Subordination - Non-symmetrical relation held between two clauses: one clause is a constituent/ part of the other 1/2 Subordination Subordination one clause is relation held -i.e Non-symmetrical -between Non-symmetrical relation, two clauses: one clause is a constituent/ part of the other 21 [I like John [because John likes me] ] 1 [superordinate/ independent/ main clause ] 2 [subordinate/ dependent clause] 1/3 Subordination Subordination Hierarchy of clauses XYZ( I think [ that you can it { if you try} ] ) S V O A Z = subordinate to Y Y = subordinate to X Y & Z = dependent clauses X = independent clause Let's check  Do Exercise 11.1 (handout Week 9) 2/1 Classifications of subordinate clauses Classifications of subordinate clauses By structural type By functional type 2/2 Classifications of subordinate clauses By structural type Finite clause Nonfinite clause Verbless clause See more in 11.2 - 11.5 2/3 Classifications of subordinate clauses By structural type Finite clause Nonfinite clause - contains a subject and a predicate - verb phrase having tense, person & number concord, Verbless clause& mood 2/4 Classifications of subordinate clauses By structural type Finite clause Nonfinite clause Infinitive with to -ing participle Infinitive without to -ed participle ... Subordination - Non-symmetrical relation held between two clauses: one clause is a constituent/ part of the other 1/2 Subordination Subordination one clause is relation held -i.e Non-symmetrical -between... clause Verbless clause Ellipsis of the verb ‘be’ - Dozens of people died in the accident, many of them children - Whether right or wrong, he always dominates the arguments 2/10 Classifications... clause Infinitive with to -ing participle Infinitive without to -ed participle Without S: With S: All I did was hit him on the head Rather than John it, I’d prefer to give the job to Mary 2/8 Classifications