Open AccessClausal order: A corpus-based experiment
Author(s) -
Göran Kjellmer
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
nordic journal of english studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.18
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1654-6970
pISSN - 1502-7694
DOI - 10.35360/njes.202
Subject(s) - order (exchange) , linguistics , field (mathematics) , english language , history , political science , philosophy , mathematics , business , finance , pure mathematics
One variable feature among many in modern English is that of clausal order. The relative order of main and subsidiary clauses seems largely random, which is why a closer look into a representative corpus could be motivated. The present paper attempts to show with the aid of corpus material that the randomness element is more limited than expected and that fairly consistent tendencies on this score can be demonstrated.
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