Lecture 17. The Complex Sentence.
Lecture 17.
The Complex Sentence.
Composite sentences display two principal types of construction:
1) hypotaxis (subordination)
2) parataxis (coordination).
The subordinate clause is joined to the principal clause either by a subordinating connector (subordinator), or asyndetically.
Various types of subordinate clauses specifically affect the principal clause… And why we descend to their level is a mystery to me. (The gaping principal part outside the subject clause: " —…