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  • A '''content clause''' is a subclause that acts like a [[noun form]]. For example, the phrases in bold here are content clauses:
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  • The '''Subclause Reform''' is a proposal that changes the grammar of subclauses to fix some ambiguities and make them more naturalistic. It is inspired by ...[[Content clause|content clauses]] have the exact same grammar as the main clause of a sentence, and can appear wherever a [[determiner phrase]] might appear
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  • A '''content clause''' is a subclause that acts like a [[noun form]]. For example, the phrases in bold here are content clauses:
    2 KB (335 words) - 11:14, 16 April 2024
  • #REDIRECT [[Content clause]]
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  • ...''embedded interrogative''' or '''interrogative content clause''') is a subclause that looks like a question. In Toaq, this is a {{tone|3}} [[content clause]] starting with {{t|mä}} (if/whether) or {{t|tïo}} (how much), or contain
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  • ...oes. Usually concrete arguments like "me" or "cats" or "a house", but also clauses/events whenever it makes sense in that verb. ** Often such slots are filled with a {{Tone|5}} content clause, or a pronoun referring to one.
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  • [[Determiner|Determiners]] and [[Content clause|content clauses]] lose their original tone and gain the {{done|4}} tone. Nouns work a bit
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  • ...terminers take {{tone|5}} in a content clause and {{tone|3}} in a relative clause. They quantify instances of an event – i.e., {{t|sâ pảı}} is ‘some
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  • Attaches a relative clause to a preceding noun. ...de the phrase, {{t|hóa}} refers to the noun attached to. {{t|cy}} ends the clause.
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  • <!-- ! colspan=2 | Clauses | lo du'u … || [[Content clause]]: {{t|ꝡä}} …
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  • ** '''Official answer:''' The {{T|sa}} is part of an implicit subordinate clause and does not interact with the scopers on the top level. {{T|po sa saq}} is ...í mâı súq jí cy cy, jêo róu da.}}, does {{T|róu}} access the inner content clause or the outer one?
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  • # The '''rising-creaky tone''' {{tone|3}} marks the start of a [[relative clause]]. ({{t|gï}} “which is good”) # The '''rising-falling tone''' {{tone|5}} marks the start of a [[content clause]]. ({{t|gî}} “that it's good”)
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  • #: Hoa must appear in every relative clause. #: Hoa must appear in every relative clause, unless that clause is completely empty, in which case hoa fills the first slot.
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  • Toaq has grammar to describe a property: you use a [[content clause]] that begins with {{t|lä}} and has the word {{t|já}} in it. If we only had complete clauses, we'd have to repeat ourselves and say something like "{{t|ꝡä sheaqsao
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  • ...so-called '''clefts'''. A cleft is a complex sentence that rearranges the contents of a simple sentence. In English, this is often used for emphasis (<i>It i ...of [[right-branching]] – we’re putting a large thing in the center of the clause.)
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  • ...expects a [[noun phrase]] to immediately follow, and {{tone|5}} opens a [[clause|full “nested sentence”]]. And sometimes it is necessary to specify wher ..., serves as a fence guarding the content (the noun phrase) inside from the content (rest of serial verb) outside:
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  • Some statements carry a set of assumptions in addition to their main semantic content. When we say "The current king of France is bald", it is assumed that there ...text{P}(a), a)])(e)</math>. Moving the <math>\text{defined only if}</math> clause to the top level wouldn't work, because it uses the variable <math>a</math>
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  • ...rammar, a '''light verb''' is a verb that doesn't contribute much semantic content, but plays a more structural role. Its meaning is dependent on the meaning ...oaq, {{t|nä}} and {{t|gö}} are "pronounced" light verbs, but in fact every clause contains an unpronounced light verb:
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  • ...''F-tone''' was a hypothetical new tone that would mark the main verb of a clause or sentence. # It allows for coordinating clauses without a need for {{t|na}}, for example: {{t|gî ní na ru jỏe súq}} �
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  • : {{small caps|clause}} ≔ {{small caps|verb form}} + zero or more {{small caps|noun form}}s This reflects the way we think about the composition of clauses, also minding the fact that the grammar puts the verb form at the very fro
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