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Complexity in Clause Constituents

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A Course Book in English Grammar

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The text from Hemingway’s Fiesta, described in section 9.10, contained a number of kernel clauses, but the other non-kernel clauses remain to be discussed. They either contain complex phrases as constituents, or else differ from a kernel clause in one or more of its basic features:

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© 1995 Dennis Freeborn

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Freeborn, D. (1995). Complexity in Clause Constituents. In: A Course Book in English Grammar. Studies in English Language. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24079-1_10

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