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A sentence is the largest structural unit in terms of grammar organization. There are many ways to classify sentences: using formal terms (declaratives, interrogatives, imperatives, and exclamative), using functional terms (statement, question, command), and simple vs. complex and compound (terms of the number and kind of subjects).  
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A sentence is the largest structural unit in terms of grammatical organization. The smallest sentence is a [[Clause (definition)|clause]]. However, one can find sentences with more than one clause.
  
==References==
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==See Also==
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*[[Sentence Type (definition)]]
  
Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 1997.
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==External Links==
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*http://teflworldwiki.com/index.php?title=Sentences
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*http://www.viswiki.com/en/Sentence_(linguistics)
  
Matthews, P. H. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.  
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==References==
 
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*Crystal, David (1999) The Penguin Dictionary of Language. London: Penguin.
==External Links==
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*Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
*http://www.icalweb.com/wiki/index.php?title=Sentences
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 09:38, 4 September 2012

A sentence is the largest structural unit in terms of grammatical organization. The smallest sentence is a clause. However, one can find sentences with more than one clause.

See Also

External Links

The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful!

References

  • Crystal, David (1999) The Penguin Dictionary of Language. London: Penguin.
  • Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.