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Types of syntactic connection - Coggle Diagram
Types of syntactic connection
COORDINATION
is such a device that links up elements of the same rank.
'Open'
coordination, e.g. in laughed and shouted and sang, there are three components, but we can add a fourth: laughed and shouted and sang and danced
'Closed'
coordination always unites two components, e.g.: It's too bad, but I can't do anything about it now.
SUBORDINATION
links up elements of different ranks which are called 'head' and 'adjunct'
kinds of subordination
predetermined and free
obligatory and optional
Morphologically
agreement
- the head makes the adjunct take a similar morphological form: this house - these houses
government
prepositional and non-prepositional
verbal and nominal
strong and weak
adjoinment
is such a device in which the components of syntactic units are joined without any change in the morphological forms: trembled slightly
The components of
APPOSITION
are logically equal because they have the same referent, e.g.: Uncle Andrew
CORRESPONDENCE
links up interdependent elements.
realizes predication
Primary predication forms a sentence because its components.
Secondary predication
Bound secondary predication forms a unit inside primary predication
Absolute secondary predication modifies the primary predication as a whole
free secondary predication or
isolation
, It is a fine summer morning - sunny, soft and still
ACCUMULATION
links up elements whose connection becomes evident only when we take into consideration a third element that does not make part of the group: (to write) his friend a letter
PARENTHETIC
elements are traditionally described as having no syntactic connection with the basic structure of the sentence: This is perhaps his finest novel yet