Лекции по теоретической грамматике английского языка. Тивьяева И.В. - 102 стр.

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Lecture 14

The Composite Sentence

1. The definition of the composite sentence.

2. Compound sentences.

3. Complex sentences.

4. Asyndetic sentences.

5. Transitional sentences.

6. Mixed types of composite sentences.

1. The Definition of the Composite Sentence

Unlike a simple sentence

that consists of a single independent clause with no

dependent clauses

, a composite sentence is built up by two or more predicative

lines. It can be defined as a structural and semantic unity of two or more

syntactic constructions each having a predicative center of its own, built on

the basis of a syntactic connection and used in speech communication as a unit

of the same rank as the simple sentence.

The following characteristics should be kept in mind when discussing

composite sentences:

- the type of syntactic connection (coordination or subordination);

- the rank of predicative constructions, that is, the place occupied by the

predicative construction in the hierarchy of clauses;

- presence or absence of connectors and their character.

A general classification of composite sentences can be based on the first two

criteria – the type of syntactic connection and the rank of predicative constructions.

Here compound and complex sentences are singled out. In the compound sentence

predicative constructions of the high rank are connected by means of coordination

while in the complex sentence – by means of subordination.

According to the way in which parts of the composite sentence are joined

together, two types can be singled out:

1) syndetic (by means of connectors);

2) asyndetic (without any connectors).