Thursday 4 September 2014

Verbless Dependent Enhancing Attributive Clause

fair or not
the NFL was looking at a possible public relations hit
if Sam was not drafted
x b
( a
x b )

whether
it
is
fair or not

Carrier
Process
Attribute


Halliday & Matthiessen (2004: 425):
There is one type of non-finite dependent clause which is often not recognised because it has no verb in it; for example, with no-one in charge, with everyone so short of money. These are in fact ‘attributive relational’ clauses, with zero alternation of the non-finite verb being (less commonly they may be identifying, eg with that the only solution). The verb be will always be present in the agnate finite clause (eg since no-one is in charge); and in the non-finite it is always possible to insert being, with very little difference in meaning.

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