composite sentence

短语

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composite sentences 复数 composite sentences

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A sentence that contains multiple clauses, whether independent (coordinated) or dependent (subordinated); a compound or complex sentence.

    语言学

    A composite sentence is the union of two or more sentences which from their contents, the way in which they are arranged or joined together, and the manner in whih they are uttered, form a whole. The relation between the different members of a composite sentence is that of: a) Co-ordination (parataxis), when they are of equal rank. […] b) Subordination (hypotaxis), when one memebr represents an element (subject, nominal part of the predicate, object, etc.) of the other.

    When, however, we come to composite sentences (that is, sentences consisting of two or more clauses), we have to deal with the notions of main clause, head clause, and subordinate clause.

    The composite sentence, in its two forms compound and complex, is relatively straightforward, though rather different from the simple sentence.