Строй современного английского языка

A LIST OF SOME LESS FAMILIAR TERMS
Asyndetic sentence: a sentence whose clauses are not connected either by a conjunction or by any other connective (compare Syndetic sentence)
Complex sentence: a sentence containing one or more subordinate clauses
Composite sentence: a sentence consisting of more than one clause, whether compound or complex
Compound sentence: a sentence consisting of two or more co-ordinated clauses
Correlation: a name suggested for the grammatical category which finds its expression in the difference between non-perfect and perfect forms, e. g. took / had taken
Functional sentence perspective: division of a sentence into its theme (the starting point) and rheme (the new information supplied)
Junction: a connection of two words or phrases without any predicative relation between them, as in a new house, a barking dog
Nexus: any connection of two words or phrases with a predicative relation between them, as in he spoke; I heard him speak
Opposition: any relation between two grammatical forms differing in meaning and in external signs, e. g. street / streets; take / took
Rheme: that element of a sentence which contains the new information; opposed to theme (see also Functional sentence perspective)
Stative: a part of speech expressing the state a subject is in, and characterised by the prefix a-, e. g. asleep, ablaze, astir