This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract While information structure has traditionally been viewed as a single partition of information within an utterance, there are opposing views ...

A conjunction is a word, or words, used to connect two clauses together. A subordinating conjunction is the word/words used to link two clauses together, a main clause and a subordinate clause. The ...

In this article, we aim to contribute to the debate about the use of subordination as a measure of language proficiency. We compare two theories of SLA—specifically, processability theory (PT; ...

This paper examines three subordinate clause types in Sk̲wx̲wu7mesh: nominalized clauses, conjunctive clauses and /u/ clauses. These three clause types overlap in their syntactic functions. The first ...

A dependent clause cannot stand alone, though they often contain both a subject and a verb. Where independent clauses express complete thoughts, dependent clauses do not, and left on their own, ...

An independent clause is basically a complete sentence; it can stand on its own and make sense. An independent clause consists of a subject (e.g. “the dog”) and a verb (e.g. “barked”) creating a ...

Discover how subordination clauses protect lenders in loans and mortgages, ensuring debt priority and secure repayments in refinancing, foreclosures, or bankruptcy.