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Generative grammar
Verbless clauses are comprised, semantically, of a predicand, expressed or not, and a verbless predicate. For example, the underlined string in [With the
Verbless_clause
Clauses in English grammar
English clause may be verbless. The idea of what qualifies varies between theories and has changed over time. The earliest use of the word clause in Middle
English_clause_syntax
Target of a description or assertion
the VP. The predicate here is the VP in the relative clause modifier was right. In verbless clauses, a predicate may be a constituent such as prepositional
Predicand
Oceanic language spoken in Papua New Guinea
to be exclusive to Proto-Oceanic (PO). Clause structure is categorized as verbal or verbless. A verbless clause is constructed with two nouns which are
Wuvulu-Aua_language
Endangered Mirndi language spoken in Australia
subject-predicate order. Predicates in verbless clauses can be adjectives or nouns, possessors, adpositionals, or adverbs. Verbless clause example: Miringmi gum bardakurrumi
Jingulu_language
Austronesian language spoken in the Solomon Islands
and O and on the argument nominal of a verbless clause. A more detailed explanation is below. Complement clauses are introduced by the subordinator sapu;
Roviana_language
2002 compendium on the English language
analysis"). According to CamGEL, a clause is a kind of phrase headed by a VP, but CamGEL includes a discussion of "verbless clauses", which lack a head VP. This
The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language
The_Cambridge_Grammar_of_the_English_Language
Bak language of Guinea-Bissau, Senegal and The Gambia
on the verb is sufficient to negate the clause, but for selectional suffix main clauses, and verbless clauses, the anaphoric demonstrative mënţ occurs
Mankanya_language
Ok language of Western New Guinea
CONJ "Because he wanted to pull (the car) with it." There are two verbless clauses here, the first is existential, the latter uses the copula with an
Muyu_language
Grammar of the Irish language
subject or if a subject pronoun does not follow the verb (as in a verbless clause, or as the subject of the copula, where the pronoun stands at the end
Irish_grammar
Sentence without a finite verb
Orientalia Rheno-Traiectina. 35: 229. Watson, W.G.E. (2002). "The Verbless Clause in Biblical Hebrew: Linguistic Approaches". Journal of Semitic Studies
Nominal_sentence
Language of India
different types of clausal structures: verbless clauses where nominals or adjectives function as head of the predicate and verbal clauses where verbs are
Jarawa language (Andaman Islands)
Jarawa_language_(Andaman_Islands)
Berber language of southwestern Morocco
verb ili "exist" (perfective lli/a) is usually omitted, leaving a verbless clause: ex: darnɣ with.us argan EL-argan ar it.is.growing inkkr in ɣ EA-forest
Shilha_language
Oceanic language spoken in Solomon Islands
most peripheral arguments occur post-verbally. The language utilises verbless clauses to express identity, possession and existence. Non-verbal lexemes serve
Natügu_language
Concept in linguistics
where everyone love the same person. Considering only verbless small clauses, small clauses are only accessibly with the wide range of scope with respect
Small_clause
Small set of grammatically distinctive verbs of English
slightly revised. This appears within chapter 14, "Non-finite and verbless clauses", attributed to Huddleston alone. Jespersen provides lists of where
English_auxiliary_verbs
English grammatical construction
361. ISBN 1-57586-400-2. Huddleston, Rodney (2002). "Non-finite and verbless clauses". In Huddleston, Rodney; Pullum, Geoffrey K. (eds.). The Cambridge
Split_infinitive
American linguist known for recursive categorical syntax
structure grammar – Type of grammar based on constituent entities Verbless clause – Generative grammar Brame (2004). Kim (2010). "Editors". Linguistic
Michael_Brame
Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu
separate clauses together. Simple clause chaining can be used either for clauses of the same or different subject and for both verbal and verbless clauses. [Ekrau
Aneityum_language
Oceanic language of Manus Province, Papua New Guinea
and tatelo. Here the proximate and distal demonstrative function as verbless clause subject, whilst the intermediate demonstrative functions as a transitive
Baluan-Pam_language
Australian linguist (1925–2020)
pp. 5–35, doi:10.2143/ANES.36.0.525778 Andersen (1970), The Hebrew Verbless Clause in the Pentateuch, JBLMS, vol. 14, Nashville, TN: Abingdon Andersen
Francis_Andersen
Mixed Gurindji–Kriol language of Australia
Bound verbal morphology is also predominantly Kriol-derived. Verbless clauses: Ascriptive clauses consist of a subject noun and nominalised adjective.
Gurindji_Kriol_language
Language native to Brazil
re-): imi-re i-tu-re "(as for me,) I'm going". They are also used in "verbless" sentences (for which see below): ema-re-o "here it is / this is it". Bound
Bororo_language
Type of linguistic modality
the scope of a counterfactual operator Excluded from nominalisations No verbless directional phrase complements No VP-anaphora No separation in wh-clefts
Epistemic_modality
Grammar of the Modern Greek language
stand-alone utterance of negation ('no'), and also for negation of elliptical, verbless sentences and for contrastive negation of individual constituents: Κάλεσα
Modern_Greek_grammar
Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu
do 'The kingfisher and the fish did not do (it)' Negation in verbless equative clauses is marked by the irrealis marker mo or mu followed by the negative
Merei-Tiale_language
1994 novel by Paul J. McAule
and faulting an “awkward writing style, littered with verbless sentences […], subordinate clauses attached to the wrong noun […], clichés […] and repetitions
Pasquale's_Angel
Varieties of Scots spoken since 1700
ma bed, That's me awa hame, A'll intae the hoose an see him. Verbless subordinate clauses introduced by an (and) express surprise or indignation. She haed
Modern_Scots
Russian linguist (born 1968)
97(3). 520–560. (doi:10.1353/lan.2021.0046) Dobrushina, Nina. 2015. The verbless subjunctive in Russian. Scando-Slavica 61(1). 73–99. Dobrushina, Nina.
Nina_Dobrushina
Grammar of the Arabic language
null present tense copula which syntactically precedes the subject in verbless sentences, or whether there is simply no verb, only a subject and predicate
Arabic_grammar
Austronesian language spoken in the Solomon Islands
sentences include declarative verbal sentences, stative verbal sentences, and verbless declarative sentences. Questions have no special morphological marking
Kwaio_language
as a shape/visual image, usually of the topic. Slam Sound Spoken-word Verbless poetry: a poem without verbs Ars Poetica: a poem that explains the 'art
Glossary_of_poetry_terms
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Girl/Female
Hindu
Noble
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived on the edge of an escarpment, from Middle English evere ‘edge’, a word that is probably of Old English origin, though unattested.English : patronymic from the Middle English personal name Ever, from Old English Eofor ‘boar’.North German and Dutch : patronymic from Evert.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Descended from heaven
Boy/Male
Arabic, Australian, Muslim
Seventh Islamic Month
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English bullok ‘bullock’ (Old English bulluc), referring to a young bull rather than a castrated one, probably applied as a nickname for an exuberant young man, or a metonymic occupational name for a keeper of bullocks.
Boy/Male
Biblical
Nourishment; or weapons; of the Lord.
Boy/Male
German
Little Hugh.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Bright; Purifying
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English
Powerful
Male
Dutch
, staff of the Goths.
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n.
See Letters clause / close, under Letter.
a.
Inexpressible; indescribable.
a.
Having no term or end; unlimited; boundless; unending; as, termless time.
conj.
Upon any less condition than (the fact or thing stated in the sentence or clause which follows); if not; supposing that not; if it be not; were it not that; except; as, we shall fail unless we are industrious.
conj.
As far as; up to the place or degree that; especially, up to the time that; that is, to the time specified in the sentence or clause following; until.
conj.
Unless; except; -- introducing a clause.
adv.
More than this; not only so, but; -- used to mark the addition of a more specific or more emphatic clause. Cf. Nay, adv., 2.
a.
Having no veins; as, a veinless leaf.
a.
Having no curb or restraint.
n.
A brief remark or observation; an expression; a phrase, clause, or short sentence.
n.
To hope confidently; to believe; -- usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object.
a.
Making reservation or exception; as, a saving clause.
n.
One of several wading birds, having long, webless toes, and a frontal shield, belonging to the family Rallidae. They are remarkable for running rapidly over marshes and on floating plants. The purple gallinule of America is Ionornis Martinica, that of the Old World is Porphyrio porphyrio. The common European gallinule (Gallinula chloropus) is also called moor hen, water hen, water rail, moor coot, night bird, and erroneously dabchick. Closely related to it is the Florida gallinule (Gallinula galeata).
n.
An addition or amendment to a manuscript or other document, which is attached on a separate piece of paper; in legislative practice, an additional clause annexed to a bill while in course of passage; something extra or burdensome that is imposed.
n.
A clause added to a document; a rider. See Rider.
a.
Having no veil.
n.
The witnessing or concluding clause, duty attached; -- said of a writ, deed, or the like.
pron., a., conj., &
To introduce a clause employed as the object of the preceding verb, or as the subject or predicate nominative of a verb.
a.
Without germs.
a.
Destitute of herbs or of vegetation.