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Lecture 12
Constituent Structure of the Sentence. Syntactic Processes
1.
The traditional scheme of sentence parsing.
2.
The main sentence parts:
the subject and the predicate, their types.
3.
The secondary sentence parts: attribute, object, adverbial modifier.
4.
The structural scheme of the sentence. The elementary sentence.
5.
Syntactic processes.
1. The traditional scheme of sentence parsing
The study of the constituent structure of the sentence
presupposes analysis
of its parts. The established classification of sentence parts reflects their important
property – whether or not they are involved in forming the
predicative center of the
sentence. Traditionally the main and the secondary parts have been singled out.
Besides these two types there is one more — elements which are said to stand
outside the sentence structure. The two generally recognized
main parts are the
subject and the predicate. The secondary parts include the object, the adverbial
modifier, and the attribute. Other secondary parts are also sometimes mentioned —
the apposition (its relation to the attribute is variously interpreted), the objective
predicative, and occasionally some other parts, too. However, everything is
relative, thus if we approach the problem of sentence parts
from the point of view
of the structural-semantic minimum of the sentence,
then many objects and some
adverbial modifiers will turn out to be as important and needed as the subject and
the predicate.
e.g.
She opened the door. The book is on the table.
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