Sunday 15 September 2019

Embedding And Hypotaxis Contrasted Diagrammatically


Halliday & Matthiessen (2014: 491):
Embedding (rankshift) and hypotaxis are contrasted diagrammatically in Figure 7-14. We represent embedded clauses as [[ ]] and embedded phrases as [ ]:
the man [[ who came to dinner ]] / [[ coming to dinner ]]
the man [at the next table]