Non-traditional clause connection: predication, correlation, Relative annexation

The principle part of a Sent can also be expressed by Cl. N this case it wouldn`t be right to classify such Cl as Sub ones because they occupy the positions of Subj & Predicate. The relations b/w these parts are called predicative, -> the syntactic relations within complex Sent having subj & predicate are also called the relations of predication. Subj Cl can be of 2 kinds: in the 1^st case Subj Cl stands before the Predicate & is very easy to identify (e.g.: What u have planned cannot be realized).

The 2^nd type is found in a complex sentence beginning with the introductory subj ‘it’ while the Subj Cl itself stands after the predicate in the sentence (e.g.: It is obvious that they won`t appear again).

According to the 1^st viewpoint here we deal with the Subj Cl which is placed into the final position in order to make this part of information more prominent. To prove that it is necessary to make the reordering transformation after which the Cl will occupy the initial position.

According to the 2^nd viewpoint there can`t be 2 Subj in 1 and the same Sent – ‘it’ & the final Cl. They say, that final Cl should be treated as a kind of opposition to the formal subj ‘it’.

1. Subj Cl ßà Predicate

2. It ßà Subj Cl

Predicative Clause appear after Link Vs which are quite numerous in English but not all of them can be followed by Cl. Most usually Pred Cl appear after to look, to to feel, to seem, to turn (e.g.: The only comforting feature of the whole party is that we didn`t pay for our dinner).

Most usually Pred Cl are introduced by as if/as though (e.g.: They looked as if they were planning smth against me). The same conjunction may introduce Cl of comparison. To distinguish them we should take into consideration the position of the Cl. If it comes immediately after the Vs to feel, to look it`s a predicative Cl (e.g.: She felt as if she had been betrayed by her best friends).

But if after the same Vs first comes an adj or prepositional obj & only after them the Cl appears, it`s adverbial Cl of comparison (e.g.: She felt humiliated as if she had been betrayed by her best friends).

Quite often in 1 & the same Sent there may appear the subj & the predicate (e.g.: What u have done is not what u should have done. Subj Cl ßà Pred Cl.

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