THE SENTENCE

Purpose of utterance: declarative,

interrogative,

imperative

Structure: simple, complex, compound

41

THE SIMPLE SENTENCES

two-member (SV) and one-member (S/V)

unextended ie consisting only of the primary parts

extended sentence ie consisting S V + secondary parts (O, A, Adverbial modifiers).

A one-member sentence is a sentence having only one member which is neither the subject nor the predicate. If the main part of a one- member sentence is expressed by a noun, it is called nominal. The noun may be modified by attributes.

42

THE SIMPLE SENTENCE

STRUCTURAL TYPES

SV The child laughed

SVO Somebody caught the ball SVA Mary is in the house SVC Mary is kind

a nurse

SVOA I put the plate on the table SVOC We have proved him wrong

a fool SVOO She gives expensive presents

(by Randolph Quirk, Sidney Greenbaum, Geoffrey Leech, Jan Swartvik)

44

THE MAIN SEMANTIC TYPES OF SENTENCES

Existential sentences express the general idea of something or somebody existing by means of various lexico-semantic facilities, of which the predicate is the signemic center.

Qualifying sentences lay the main stress on qualifying some fact of reality conveyed in speech, whether it is substance, action or state, etc.

Identifying sentences mostly serve to identify various phenomena with each other to express the idea more clearly and adequately.

45

COMMUNICATIVE TYPES

OF SENTENCES

Declarative

Imperative

Interrogative

46

Your listening to me is very much appreciated.

Thank you!

48