从句

从句（clause）又称子句、分句、小句，在语法中是构成一个完整句子的最小语法单位^[1]，主从复句里的一种从句。典型的从句通常包含主语、谓语这两个成分^[2]，其中谓语一般是主谓短语，由动词和宾语等其他修饰成分构成。然而，主语时常被省掉（尤其是在无主语语句（英语：null-subject language）中），但有时也会在英语等其他语言中出现（如祈使句）。

脚注

^ For this basic definition in terms of a proposition, see Kroeger (2005:32).
^ For a definition of the clause that emphasizes the subject-predicate relationship, see Radford (2004327f.).

参考资料

Crystal, David (1997). A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics. fourth edition. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishers.
Kroeger, Paul R. (2005). Analysing Grammar: An Introduction. Cambridge. UK: Cambridge University Press.
Timothy Osborne; Thomas Gross. Constructions are catenae: Construction Grammar meets Dependency Grammar. Cognitive Linguistics. 2012, 23 (1): 163–214. doi:10.1515/cog-2012-0006.
Radford, Andrew (2004). English syntax: An introduction. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

[1] For this basic definition in terms of a proposition, see Kroeger (2005:32).

[2] For a definition of the clause that emphasizes the subject-predicate relationship, see Radford (2004327f.).

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