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Nominals, part 2 Chapter 8 Nominal clauses Dependent- cannot be a complete sentence Boundaries can be found by using the pronoun substitution rule I understand that you are upset. I understand it. I understand that you are upset.


  1. Nominals, part 2 Chapter 8

  2. Nominal clauses ¤ Dependent- cannot be a complete sentence ¤ Boundaries can be found by using the pronoun substitution rule ¤ I understand that you are upset. ¤ I understand it. ¤ I understand that you are upset. ¤ *may or may not be signaled by expletive that

  3. Nominal clauses in NP slots

  4. Nominalization with “that”

  5. Nominalization with “that” I didn’t know that today is your birthday. That the bill failed is unbelievable.

  6. Adjectival vs. Nominal clauses ¤ Difference between relative (adjectival) clauses and nominal clauses? ¤ The boat that he wants is there. ¤ I knew that he wanted a boat. ¤ In adjectival clauses, the relative pronoun has a function in the clause ¤ In nominal clauses, the “that” is an expletive (no function), and the entire clause takes the place of a NP

  7. Investigating language 8.2, p. 180 ¤ Look at the example sentences, starting with “The color that you chose for the walls doesn’t match the rug.” ¤ Are these that clauses adverbial or adjectival?

  8. “Be” clauses

  9. Nominal clauses as appositives

  10. Interrogatives

  11. Interrogatives

  12. Interrogatives

  13. Interrogatives

  14. Exercise 36- p. 182 ¤ Analyze and diagram the evens ¤ You are determining whether the when and where clauses are adverbial (subordinate) or nominal. Examples: a. Julie could not remember where she had left her keys. Julie could not remember it . (nominal) b. When I get in late, my roommate gets upset. Movable, doesn’t have a function in the clause= adverbial

  15. Exercise 37, p. 183 Diagram the evens

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