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Pantaugrammar2 Posted 8 years ago
Linguistics Studies

Free relative clauses

Hello there,

please help me with the following question:

Are free relative clauses always noun clauses functioning as subjects/objects?

I understand that in the sentence

"Whoever has taken my money is a thief,"

the first part "Whoever has taken my money…" is a free relative clause/noun clause in the role of a subject.

Similarly, in the sentence "I see what you mean," the object

"... what you mean" is a free relative clause as well.

Are my sentences correctly analyzed?

Are free relative clauses always noun clauses? And vice versa:

Are all clauses acting as subjects and objects free relative clauses?


Thanks for your help in advance.

  

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) In English grammar, a free relative clause is a type of relative clause (that is, a word group beginning with a wh-word) that contains the antecedent within itself. Also called a nominal relative clause, a fused relative construction, an independent relative clause, or (in traditional grammar) a noun clause. A free relative can refer to people or things, and it can function as a subject, a complement, or an object.

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  • ) In English grammar, a free relative clause is a type of relative clause (that is, a word group beginning with a wh-word) that contains the antecedent within itself.
  • Also called a nominal relative clause, a fused relative construction, an independent relative clause, or (in traditional grammar) a noun clause.
  • A free relative can refer to people or things, and it can function as a subject, a complement, or an object.
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(This terminology is not used in all linguistic systems.)

In English grammar, a free relative clause is a type of relative clause (that is, a word group beginning with a wh-word) that contains the antecedent within itself. Also called a nominal relative clause, a fused relative construction, an independent relative clause, or (in traditional grammar) a noun clause. A free relative can

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pantaugrammar2Are free relative clauses always noun clauses functioning as subjects/objects? I understand that in the sentence "Whoever has taken my money is a thief," the first part "Whoever has taken my money…" is a free relative clause/noun clause in the role of a subject.

Whoever has taken my money is a thief.

Modern grammar takes th

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