Non-clausal units (Conversational grammar 2)
No crying.
condensed directive
More sauce?
condensed question
Very special. Prawns in it and all sorts
condensed statement
commands
Condensed directives have the force of ___ or, in the case of 3, a piece of advice.
adjective phrase
Condensed directives often consist of a noun phrase or an ___ .
echo
Condensed questions can also ___ what has been said, requesting a clarification or expressing disbelief.
interjections
Inserts are stand-alone words, such as ___ and discourse markers.
noun phrases
Many questions in conversation occur as ___ or a verbless structure beginning with a wh-word.
non-clausal units
Much of the discourse in conversation cannot be analyzed in terms of grammatical clauses: instead, ___ play important roles.
finite clause structure
Syntactic non-clausal units are grammatical units that lack ___ .
statements
The following are some of the major types of non-clausal units: condensed questions, condensed directives, condensed ___ .
inserts
We distinguish two general kinds of non-clausal units: ___ and syntactic non-clausal units.