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The abbreviation cf. (short for either Latin confer or conferatur, both meaning 'compare') [1] is used in writing to refer the reader to other material to make a comparison with the topic being discussed.
A simple sentence structure contains one independent clause and no dependent clauses. [2] I run. This simple sentence has one independent clause which contains one subject, I, and one verb, run. The girl ran into her bedroom. This simple sentence has one independent clause which contains one subject, girl, and one predicate, ran into her bedroom.
An exclamative is a sentence type in English that typically expresses a feeling or emotion, but does not use one of the other structures. It often has the form as in the examples below of [WH + Complement + Subject + Verb], but can be minor sentences (i.e. without a verb) such as [WH + Complement] How wonderful!.
In linguistics, information structure, also called information packaging, describes the way in which information is formally packaged within a sentence. [1] This generally includes only those aspects of information that "respond to the temporary state of the addressee's mind", and excludes other aspects of linguistic information such as references to background (encyclopedic/common) knowledge ...
Phrase structure rules as they are commonly employed result in a view of sentence structure that is constituency-based. Thus, grammars that employ phrase structure rules are constituency grammars (= phrase structure grammars), as opposed to dependency grammars, [4] which view sentence structure as dependency-based. What this means is that for ...
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Dependency and phrase structure are both fully compatible with both approaches to the syntactic functions. Indeed, monostratal systems, that are solely based on dependency or phrase structure, will likely reject the notion that the functions are derived from the constellation or that the constellation is derived from the functions.
The narrative structure follows events in a chronological order, commonly utilized in feature writing and long-form journalism. [1] Example 1: A profile piece on a chef would start with their early life, follow their career development, and conclude with their current achievements.