Grammar Metalanguage (chapter 2)

Grammar Metalanguage (chapter 2)

1. Subsentential

2. Suprasentential

   • Backgrounding
   • Foregrounding
     • carry the main stroyline
   • Cohesion
     • have 5 mechanisms
     • Reference
     • Ellipsis
     • Substitution
     • Conjuction
     • Lexical cohesion
       • here throught synonym
   • Genre
   • Register
     • Field
     • Mode
     • Tenor
   • Given/New
     • given information
     • new information

3. Sentential

   • Simple sentences
     •  contains at least one subject and one verb and can stand alone as an independent clause
     • subject + verb
     • subject + verb+object
     • subject+ verb+ indirect object+ direct object
     • subject+verb+suubject predicate
     • subject + verb+object+object predicate
   • Compound sentences
     • two or more clauses of equal grammatical importance
   • Complex senteces
     • It contains a main clause and one  or more subordinate clauses
   • Sentence moods
     • main moods
       • declarative
       • interrogative
       • imperative
     • minor moods
       • exclamatory
       • subjunctive
   • sentences types
     • statement
     • questions
     • command
   • Theme/Rheme
     • The THEME provides the point of departure
     • RHEME It provides the framework for interpreting what follows
   • markedness
     • Linguists use Marked for thematization of nonsubjects, and exceptions from what is typical or predictable.
   • voice
     • active
       •  (the subject carries the action)
     • passive
       •  the subject in the sentence is not the “doer” of the action

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