Root clause

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Root clause is a main clause which is not embedded. In verb second languages root clauses differ from embedded clauses in that the finite verb is in second position.

Links

Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics

References

  • Besten, H.den 1989. Studies in West Germanic Syntax, Diss KUB, Rodopi, Amsterdam.
  • Emonds, J. 1976. A Transformational Approach to English Syntax. Root, Structure-Preserving and Local Transformations, Academic Press, New York.
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