a complex sentence
. Within this set of syntactic structures L. Talmy distinguishes
complex sentences with subordinating preposition
and
complex sentences with
subordinating conjunction
. They express relations of:
“concession”
with the help of prepositions:
in spite of, despite
;
conjunctions:
although, though, even though
;
“reason
” – with the help of preposition:
because of;
conjunctions:
because, since, as:
a)
(concession) They went out in spite of their feeling tired.
b)
(concession) They went out even though they were feeling tired.
The Figure event is expressed by a finite (principal) clause, and the Ground event
is represented by a subordinate clause introduced by a subordinating preposition or
subordinating conjunction.
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