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Unit 1
Introductory concepts and categories
(V: clauses)
BASIC CONCEPTS
• Clause: key unit of syntax capable of occurring independently
• Clause: complete description of an event/state of affairs
Ex.: Have you got an exam on Monday?/She smiled sweetly
• All clauses may be utterances but not all utterances are
clauses
– ex. (1): More sauce? vs. Would you like more sauce?
– ex. (2): Thirty pence please vs. It’s thirty pence please
Types of clauses
 Independent & dependent
 Finite (tensed VP) & non-finite (tenseless VP)
 Minor clauses (= moodless→ NO subject + finite) :
- Wh-qs without a finite verb (Why not sell your car? How
about a nice glass of wine?)
- Adjuncts with the force of commands (Into the shelter!)
- Proverbs (Out of sight, out of mind)
 Abreviated clauses (just mood element; rest of the clause
ellipted)
Has she?
Syntactic elements
(Downing and Locke, 2006: 17)
Subject (S)
Predicator (P)
Direct object (Od)
Indirect object (Oi)
Prepositional object (Op)
Subject complement (Cs)
Object complement (Co)
Locative / Goal complement (CLoc)
Adjunct (A) (circumstantial; stance [= Greenbaum & Quirk, 1990
disjunct] ; and connective [= Greenbaum & Quirk, 1990
conjunct])
Verb complementation
• The verb is the key element of a clause . There are 3 major
valency patterns (one-place, two-place & three-place verbs):
→ Intransitive: S+V: Sarah and Michael disappeared
→ Copular:
S+V+Cs : The Swiss cheese has gone bad
S+V+A: Marc was in the bathroom
→ Monotransitive (S+V+Od): She’s changed her dress
→ Ditransitive (S+V+Oi+Od): You gave her the wrong
answer
→ Complex transitive :
S+V+Od+Co: That makes me so mad
S+V+Od+C Loc: They’re sending us to Disneyland
Verb complementation
• The verb is the key element of a clause . There are 3 major
valency patterns (one-place, two-place & three-place verbs):
→ Intransitive: S+V: Sarah and Michael disappeared
→ Copular:
S+V+Cs : The Swiss cheese has gone bad
S+V+A: Marc was in the bathroom
→ Monotransitive (S+V+Od): She’s changed her dress
→ Ditransitive (S+V+Oi+Od): You gave her the wrong
answer
→ Complex transitive :
S+V+Od+Co: That makes me so mad
S+V+Od+C Loc: They’re sending us to Disneyland

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Tema 1 v

  • 1. Unit 1 Introductory concepts and categories (V: clauses)
  • 2. BASIC CONCEPTS • Clause: key unit of syntax capable of occurring independently • Clause: complete description of an event/state of affairs Ex.: Have you got an exam on Monday?/She smiled sweetly • All clauses may be utterances but not all utterances are clauses – ex. (1): More sauce? vs. Would you like more sauce? – ex. (2): Thirty pence please vs. It’s thirty pence please
  • 3. Types of clauses  Independent & dependent  Finite (tensed VP) & non-finite (tenseless VP)  Minor clauses (= moodless→ NO subject + finite) : - Wh-qs without a finite verb (Why not sell your car? How about a nice glass of wine?) - Adjuncts with the force of commands (Into the shelter!) - Proverbs (Out of sight, out of mind)  Abreviated clauses (just mood element; rest of the clause ellipted) Has she?
  • 4. Syntactic elements (Downing and Locke, 2006: 17) Subject (S) Predicator (P) Direct object (Od) Indirect object (Oi) Prepositional object (Op) Subject complement (Cs) Object complement (Co) Locative / Goal complement (CLoc) Adjunct (A) (circumstantial; stance [= Greenbaum & Quirk, 1990 disjunct] ; and connective [= Greenbaum & Quirk, 1990 conjunct])
  • 5. Verb complementation • The verb is the key element of a clause . There are 3 major valency patterns (one-place, two-place & three-place verbs): → Intransitive: S+V: Sarah and Michael disappeared → Copular: S+V+Cs : The Swiss cheese has gone bad S+V+A: Marc was in the bathroom → Monotransitive (S+V+Od): She’s changed her dress → Ditransitive (S+V+Oi+Od): You gave her the wrong answer → Complex transitive : S+V+Od+Co: That makes me so mad S+V+Od+C Loc: They’re sending us to Disneyland
  • 6. Verb complementation • The verb is the key element of a clause . There are 3 major valency patterns (one-place, two-place & three-place verbs): → Intransitive: S+V: Sarah and Michael disappeared → Copular: S+V+Cs : The Swiss cheese has gone bad S+V+A: Marc was in the bathroom → Monotransitive (S+V+Od): She’s changed her dress → Ditransitive (S+V+Oi+Od): You gave her the wrong answer → Complex transitive : S+V+Od+Co: That makes me so mad S+V+Od+C Loc: They’re sending us to Disneyland