Abstract: In unplanned spoken language, clauses are not combined into sentences. Individual clauses occur in unplanned speech but are typically simpler than individual clauses in planned writing. Noun phrases are shorter and tend not to have phrases embedded in them; noun phrases that do border on complexity are not in subject position and may not even be part of a clause. Verbs typically have no more than three modifiers. Subordinate clauses are much less frequent in unplanned speech, and what look like adverbial clauses of condition or concession turn out to be main clauses.
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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