Chapter published in:
English Sentence Constructions
Marjolijn H. Verspoor, Tim Kassenberg, Merel Keijzer and Gregory J. Poarch
[Not in series 240] 2022
► pp. 150–174

Chapter 7
Sentence constituents realized as clauses and non-canonical constructions

Article outline
  • 7.1Introduction
  • 7.2Subjects, objects, and attributes
    • 1Finite clauses
    • 2Non-finite clauses
    • 3Extraposed subject or object clauses
  • 7.3Adverbials
  • 7.4How to analyze non-canonical constructions
    • 1Passive constructions
    • 2Extraposed constructions
    • 3Ellipsis
    • 4Existential sentences with there
    • 5Cleft constructions
  • 7.5Summary
  • Notes
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