Difference between revisions of "Embedded Clause (definition)"
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| − | [http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsASubordinateClause.htm SIL entry on subordinate clause]<br> | + | *[http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsASubordinateClause.htm SIL entry on subordinate clause]<br> |
| − | [http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsAClause.htm SIL entry on clause] | + | *[http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsAClause.htm SIL entry on clause] |
Revision as of 22:26, 13 November 2009
An embedded clause (also sometimes referred to as a 'subordinate clause' or 'dependent clause', although not entirely synonymous) is present in a complex sentence, where there are multiple clauses. Embedded clauses are clauses inside of other clauses. For example in the following sentence, the bolded string is the embedded clause "I think that Mary likes peanuts". In Gaelic embedded clauses must be preceded by a complementizer such as gu, nach or aL
