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Clause Combining Devices (on a continuum of increasing integration):
1. Juxtaposition |
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Definition
| Clauses intonationally joined but with no conjunctions |
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Clause Combining Devices (on a continuum of increasing integration):
2. Coordination |
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Definition
| Conjoined by conjunctions like "and", "but", "or", "so" |
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Clause Combining Devices (on a continuum of increasing integration):
3. Chaining |
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Definition
| Functionally coordinate but syntactically dependent in inflections like tense |
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Clause Combining Devices (on a continuum of increasing integration):
4. Subordination |
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Definition
| Adverbial clauses with conjunctions like "when", "if", "before", etc. |
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Clause Combining Devices (on a continuum of increasing integration):
5. Embedding |
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Definition
| Relative clauses and complement clauses |
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