Thursday 11 July 2019

Clause Dependency & Finiteness

Halliday & Matthiessen (2014: 454-5):
In a hypotactic clause nexus, dependent clauses may be finite or non-finite … In a non-finite dependent clause, the Subject is typically ellipsed. … Other clauses in the clause complex are finite. Paratactically related clauses that are nested within a dependency are of course dependent for this purpose;