- •Introduction
- •The Purpose of Syntax
- •Contents
- •Chapter 2 the simple sentence
- •2.1 Two-member sentences
- •2.2 One-member sentences
- •2.3 Elliptical (incomplete) sentences
- •Chapter 3 communicative types of sentences
- •3.1 Declarative sentences
- •3.2 Interrogative sentences
- •3.3 General questions
- •3.4 Alternative questions
- •3.5 Suggestive questions
- •3.6 Imperative sentences
- •3.7 Exclamatory sentences
- •Chapter 4 non-sentence utterances
- •Chapter 5 parts of the sentence
- •5.1 Word-forms
- •5.2 Phrases
- •5.3 Clauses
- •Main clauses
- •Subordinate clauses
- •5.4 Levels of syntactical analysis
- •5.5 The subject
- •5.6 The predicate
- •5.7 The simple nominal predicate
- •5.8 The compound predicate
- •5.9 The object
- •There are two types of object.
- •Chapter 6 word order
- •6.1 The grammatical function of word order
- •6.2 Direct word order
- •6.3 Inverted word order
- •6.4 The emphatic and communicative functions of word order
- •6.5 The linking function of word order
- •List of literature
6.5 The linking function of word order
The third function of word order is to express continuity of thought in sentences (or clauses) following one another. This continuity is often supported by demonstrative pronouns and adverbs.
Some people looked down on him. Those people he despised.
They must sow their wild oats. Such was his theory.
And, oh, that look! On that look Euphemia had spent much anxious thought.
Women are terribly vain. So are men - more so, if possible.
Similarly, for purposes of enumeration, a word (or words) marking continuity is sometimes placed at the beginning of the sentence, with the verb immediately following.
Next comes the most amusing scene.
List of literature
http://esl.fis.edu/learners/advice/syntax.htm
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/knowledgeoflanguage/english/grammarandsyntax/index.asp
http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-syntax.htm
Кобрина Н.А., Корнеева Е.А. и др. Грамматика английского языка: Морфология. Синтаксис. Учебное пособие для студентов педагогических институтов и университетов по специальности № 2103 "Иностранные языки". - СПб., СОЮЗ, 1999. - 496 с.
R. Quirk, S. Greenbaum, G. Leech, J. Svartvik ‘A University Grammar of English’ – М.: Высш. школа, 1982. – 391с.