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LIN120 Lecture 5 The dogs ere barking furiously at the intruder: (clause with a finite verbal group) Non-finite: no tense Finite: tense Constituent elements Nominal group (who or what is involved): e.g. Santa Claus, treats and gifts, large Christmas coloured ice blocks Verbal groups: e.g. arrives, was hung Prepositional phrases (preposition group + nominal group): e.g. like excited children, to Sydney’s Taronga zoo, within seconds Adverbial group (usually ends in ly)+ (possibility of pre/post modification): e.g. excitedly, quickly Conjunctive group (only link one clause to another): e.g. and, while, and so. Structural conjunction is the linking of clauses together. Cohesive conjunction: joining parts of the sentence to mention the entire discussion. E.g. “however”, “although” Functions of language 1. Language has a representational function: we use it to encode out experience of the world, it conveys a picture of reality 2. Language has an interpersonal function:

the clause is seen as a representation of the process (the verbal group), participants (nominal group) and circumstances (adverbial; group, prepositional phrases and occasionally a nominal group).

Packaging out experiences in different ways Process: begin to call Participant: early morning bird calls Circumstances: with bird calls...