Routledge Library Editions: The English Language: Towards A Contextual Grammar Of English: The Clause And Its Place In The Definition Of Sentence (volume 28)

This study, first published in 1982, attempts to show that the foundations of a contextual grammar of English must be firmly based on an adequate definition of the sentence. This book will be of interest to students of language and linguistics. Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Part One: The Nature of the Clause 1 Sentence and Clause in English 2 The Clause as Sole Device of Lexical Selection 3 The Contrast in Grammatical Status between Clauses Part Two: Subordination in English 4 Subordination and the Contextualisation of the Main Clause 5 The Relative Clause 6 The Noun Clause: the That-Clause and the Wh-Clause 7 Adverbial Clauses with Subordinators 8 Non-Finite Clauses Which Have No Subordinators 9 Postmodifying Structures Other Than Relativeand Adverbial Clause: Apposition and Interpolation Part Three: Attempting a Definition of ‘Sentence’ 10 Summing Up the Clause as a Preliminary to Defining ‘Sentence’ 11 The Proposed Complementary Definitions of Sentence Bibliography Index