MainClause is the class of clauses that can stand on their own as a full, independent sentence. If a sentence contains any embedded clauses, the main clause is understood as the matrix plus the embedded clauses. In the sentence 'John thinks that Mary is sick', 'John thinks that Mary is sick' is the main clause. [Crystal 2001: 231]
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acoustic Realization
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Spoken Linguistic Expression | The relation between some linguistic unit and its corresponding spoken expression. |
constituents
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Thing | The relation holding between a linguistic unit and a list (rdf:Seq) of its constituents. |
has Constituent
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Linguistic Unit | The relation hasConstituent is an abstract partial ordering relation that expresses dominance between two linguistic units. This relation is meant to cover all possible types of linguistic constituency: phonological, morphological, syntactic, etc. constituency. |
has Syntactic Constituent
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Syntactic Unit | The relation hasSyntacticConstituent is an abstract partial ordering relation that expresses dominance between two syntactic units. This relation is meant to cover all possible types of syntactic constituency. |
in Language
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Human Language Variety | The relation that holds between a LinguisticSign and a Language. The sign is said to be a member or part of that language. |
realization
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Linguistic Expression | The relation holding between a linguistic unit and its physical form, either a spoken, written or signed expression. |
signed Realization
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Signed Linguistic Expression | The relation between some linguistic unit and its corresponding signed expression. |
string Rep
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string | |
written Realization
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Written Linguistic Expression | The relation between some linguistic unit and its corresponding written expression. |