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• Clause union
  ...one simplex clause by eliminating the [[clause]] structure of the embedded clause. [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Clause+union&lemmacode=870 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
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• Noun clause
  ...argument]], so that ''noun clause'' is basically a synonym of [[complement clause]]. This term seems to be older than ''complement clause''. It appears to be found primarily in descriptive works.
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• Contact clause
  ...ct clause''' is sometimes used (following Jespersen 1933) for a [[relative clause]] with no [[relativizer]]. ...hat characterizes them is the close contact in sound and sense between the clause and what precedes it: in sentences like "this is the boy we spoke of", and
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• Appositive relative clause
  ...clause''' is sometimes used in the same sense as [[nonrestrictive relative clause]]. ...Catholic priest, lives in Lima.'' (Contrasting with a restrictive relative clause, e.g. ''The woman who wants to become an Anglican priest'' is my cousin.)
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• Cleft
  ...e]] having the form ''It'' be X, and by turning the rest into a [[relative clause]]. Two cleft versions of (i) are given in (ii): ===Reference===
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• Verb serialization
  ...zation''' is a construction with several verbs or verb phrases in a single clause. ===Reference===
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• Main clause
  ...e]] is the remainder of the [[superordinate clause]] after the subordinate clause has been removed. ...use of the relative clause is ''I often remember the boy'', while the main clause of ''when we lived in India'' is ''that I went to school with''.
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• Circumstant
  ...959) terminology, a '''circumstant''' is an optional [[modifier]] of the [[clause]] (expressing [[circumstantial relation]]s), as opposed to the [[actant]]s, ===Reference===
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• Core
  ...core argument|argument]]s. The core is opposed to the [[periphery]] of the clause.
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• Periphery
  ...rammar]]'s clause structure representation (the [[layered structure of the clause]]), the '''periphery''' is the part that does not belong to the core, i.e.
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• Left-detachment
  ...ion in which the deatched constitutent occurs at the left periphery of the clause. ===Reference===
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• Completive aspect
  The term ''completive'' is occasionally also used for [[complement clause]]s; see [[completive]] (disambiguation page). ===Reference===
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• Wackernagel clitic
  ...el clitic''' is a [[clitic]] that occurs in the [[second position]] in the clause. ===Reference===
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• Conjunction
  ...and syntax, '''conjunction''' is the combination of two [[sentence]]s or [[clause]]s with 'and'. ===Reference===
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• Relative clause
  A '''relative clause''' is a [[clause]] that is used to narrow the [[reference]] of a [[referential phrase]] and in which the referent of the phrase plays ...ch I can't afford e'', and ''which'' is the relative pronoun. The relative clause always contains a gap - ''e'' - which is the [[trace]] of the relative pron
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• Direct object
  ...tient]]-like argument (the [[P-argument]]) of an [[active]] [[transitive]] clause. ...is generally used for a [[recipient]]-like argument of a [[ditransitive]] clause.
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• Core argument (in RRG)
  ...eference Grammar]], a '''core argument''' is simply an [[argument]] of the clause, i.e. an element that is required by the verb's [[valency]]. In earlier versions of Role and Reference Grammar, there was also a notion of [[peripheral argument]] (Foley & Van Va
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• Relational noun
  ===Reference=== *Aissen, Judith L. 1987. ''Tzotzil clause structure.'' Dordrecht: Reidel.
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• Restrictive relative clause
  A '''restrictive relative clause''' is a [[relative clause]] that [[restrict]]s the meaning of the [[head noun]]. It is used to restr ...Thus in ''this book, which John gave to me'', the non-restrictive relative clause does not restrict the set of books. The difference between a restrictive an
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• Appositive noun phrase
  ...]] that is coreferential with a [[bound pronoun]] and occurs in the same [[clause]], but is not considered to occupy an [[argument position]]. The argument p *[[appositive relative clause]]
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