Unit 9: More About Clauses
9.4 Direct subordination
At this point it is necessary to reintroduce the concept of the Rank Scale or hierarchy of grammatical units. (See 5.4.)
{sentence}
[clause]
(phrase)
word
mor-pheme
[clause]
(phrase)
word
mor-pheme
{S}
[Cl] [Cl]
(ph) (ph) (ph)
wo wo wo wo wo
mo- mo- mo- mo- mo- mo-
[Cl] [Cl]
(ph) (ph) (ph)
wo wo wo wo wo
mo- mo- mo- mo- mo- mo-
The subordinated items we have looked at so far involve items at the same level on the Rank Scale:
Clause within Clause [ [ ] ]
Phrase within Phrase ( ( ) )
This is Direct Subordination.
