Non-clausal units (Conversational grammar 2)

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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.


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