Sentence. Structural Classification of the Sentence
SENTENCE. STRUCTURAL CLASSIFICATION OF THE SENTENCE
The present table introduces the main terms on the topic of the structural classification of the sentence. It allows the student to get acquainted with the terms in English and to compare them with the correspondent terms in his/her mother tongue (either Russian or Estonian).
| Term | Explanation | Russian equivalent |
Estonian equivalent |
| Syntax |
Syntax is the part of grammar which deals with sentences and combinability of words. | Синтаксис | Süntaks |
| Utterance |
An utterance is anything that is said in the act of communication. |
Высказывание |
Ütlus |
| Phrase |
A phrase is a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence which 1. does not express a complete thought 2. does not have a subject and predicate pair |
Фраза | Fraas |
| Sentence | A sentence is a set of words complete in itself as the expression of a thought, containing or implying a subject and a predicate, and conveying a statement, question, exclamation or command. | Предложение | Lause |
| Simple sentence |
The simple sentence is the sentence that contains only one subject-predicate unit. |
Простое предложение |
Lihtlause |
| Clause |
A clause is a group of related words that contain a subject and predicate but does not express a complete thought. |
Придаточное предложение |
Osalause |
| Composite sentence |
The composite sentence is a sentence consisting of two or more clauses that can joined by means of coordination or subordination. |
Сложное предложение |
Liitlause |
| Compound sentence |
The compound sentence is the sentence in which clauses are joined by means of coordination. |
Сложносочиненное предложение |
Rindlause |
| Coordination |
Coordination is is a way of linking grammatical elements to make them equal in rank. |
Согласование, координация |
Rinnastus |
| Complex sentence |
The complex sentence is a compound sentence in which clauses are joined by means of subordination. |
Сложноподчиненное предложение |
Põimlause |
| Subordination |
Subordination is is a way of linking grammatical elements that makes one of them dependent upon the other. |
Подчинение |
Alistus, subordinatsioon |
| Main clause |
The main clause is a group of words containing a subject, a predicate and a complete thought. |
Главное предложение |
Pealause |
| Subordinate clause |
The subordinate clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a predicate but does not express a complete thought.
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Придаточное (зависимое) предложение |
Kõrvallause |