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Defining relative clause; Non-defining relative clause

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Relative pronoun Refers to words (who, whom, whose, which, that) which

introduce a relative clause:

The lady 

who runs this shop has just moved.

The book 

that I am reading is fascinating.

Sometimes the relative pronoun can be omitted, referred to as a zero relative

pronoun.

Reporting clause, reported clause A reporting clause introduces someone’s

speech or thoughts (Nick said, ‘Hello.’) The speech or thought itself is

contained in the reported clause (She said she was leaving.). 

Request A form of speech act where the speaker desires a particular course of

action from the listener, and the listener has a choice whether to act in the way

indicated. For example, it can be realised by can/could, will/would, would you

like to, would you mind

in interrogatives:

A: Will you get me a glass of water?

B: Yeah.

Would you take this letter to the post for me?

Response token Word or phrase used to acknowledge what a speaker says, and

to indicate on the part of the listener interest or engagement in what is being

said. Response tokens include minimal response tokens (sounds or words 

like oh, mm, yeah, okay, no), and non-minimal response tokens, which are

frequently made up of adjectives and adverbs or short phrases or clauses 

(great, exactly, very good, that’s true).

Restrictive relative clause