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Iva at 15:57, 17 May 2019

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	<b>Categories and structural position</b><br>		<b>Categories and structural position</b><br>
			<ul>
	Only an <b>N(P)</b> or an <b>S'</b> can be the subject of a clause.<br>		<li>Only an <b>N(P)</b> or an <b>S'</b> can be the subject of a clause.</li><br>
	The subject of a clause S is the N(P) or S' that is immediately dominated by that S node and that precedes the VP (or AuxP) of the clause.		<li>The subject of a clause S is the N(P) or S' that is immediately dominated by that S node and that precedes the VP (or AuxP) of the clause.</li>
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	Example:		Example:
	_S__		_S__

Iva at 13:55, 16 May 2019

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	<li><b>Tag question:</b><br>		<li><b>Tag question:</b><br>
	The pronoun that occurs in a tag question refers to the subject.		The pronoun that occurs in a tag question refers to the subject.<br>
	<code>John wrote a letter to his sister, didn't he/ she/ they?</code>		<code>John wrote a letter to his sister, didn't he/ she/ they?</code>
	</li>		</li>

Iva at 13:55, 16 May 2019

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	The Subject <br>		<b>The Subject</b> <br>
	<b>Tests for identifying subjects in English:</b><br>		<b>Tests for identifying subjects in English:</b><br>
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	<b>Categories and structural position</b>		<b>Categories and structural position</b><br>
	Only an NP or an S' can be the subject of a clause.<br>
	The subject of a clause S is the NP or S' that is immediately dominated by that S node and that precedes the VP (or AuxP) of the clause.		Only an <b>N(P)</b> or an <b>S'</b> can be the subject of a clause.<br>
			The subject of a clause S is the N(P) or S' that is immediately dominated by that S node and that precedes the VP (or AuxP) of the clause.
	Example:		Example:
	_S__		_S__

Iva at 13:53, 16 May 2019

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	The Subject		The Subject <br>
	~~Test~~ for identifying subjects in English		<b>Tests for identifying subjects in English:</b><br>
	Agreement: In a finite sentence, the main verb agrees with the subject.<br>		<ul>
	<code>Pat writes/*write letters to his friends.</code>		<li><b>Agreement:</b><br>
	Tag question: The pronoun that occurs in a tag question refers to the subject.		In a finite sentence, the main verb agrees with the subject.<br>
	John wrote a letter to his sister, didn't he/ she/ they?		<code>Pat writes/*write letters to his friends.</code><br>
	Subject-auxiliary inverions: In forming a yes/no question, an auxiliary is placed directly before the subject.		</li>
	Will Pat write a letter?		<li><b>Tag question:</b><br>
	Categories and structural position		The pronoun that occurs in a tag question refers to the subject.
	Only an NP or an S' can be the subject of a clause.		<code>John wrote a letter to his sister, didn't he/ she/ they?</code>
			</li>
			<li><b>Subject-auxiliary inverions:</b><br>
			In forming a yes/no question, an auxiliary is placed directly before the subject.<br>
			<code>Will Pat write a letter?</code>
			</li>
			</ul>
			<b>Categories and structural position</b>
			Only an NP or an S' can be the subject of a clause.<br>
	The subject of a clause S is the NP or S' that is immediately dominated by that S node and that precedes the VP (or AuxP) of the clause.		The subject of a clause S is the NP or S' that is immediately dominated by that S node and that precedes the VP (or AuxP) of the clause.
	Example:		Example:

Iva at 13:14, 16 May 2019

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	The Subject		The Subject
	Test for identifying subjects in English		Test for identifying subjects in English
	Agreement: In a finite sentence, the main verb agrees with the subject.		Agreement: In a finite sentence, the main verb agrees with the subject.<br>
	Pat writes/*write letters to his friends.		<code>Pat writes/*write letters to his friends.</code>
	Tag question: The pronoun that occurs in a tag question refers to the subject.		Tag question: The pronoun that occurs in a tag question refers to the subject.
	John wrote a letter to his sister, didn't he/ she/ they?		John wrote a letter to his sister, didn't he/ she/ they?

Gert at 10:19, 4 May 2017

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	[[Predicate\| ← '''Predicate''']]      [[Grammatical_Functions \| ↑ Grammatical Functions]]      [[Direct_Object\| → '''Direct Object''']]		[[Predicate\| ← '''Predicate''']]      [[Grammatical_Functions \| ↑ '''Grammatical Functions''']]      [[Direct_Object\| → '''Direct Object''']]
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Gert at 10:16, 4 May 2017

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	[[Predicate\| ← '''Predicate''']]      [[~~Phrases~~\| ↑ ~~'''Phrases'''~~]]      [[Direct_Object\| → '''Direct Object''']]		[[Predicate\| ← '''Predicate''']]      [[Grammatical_Functions \| ↑ Grammatical Functions]]      [[Direct_Object\| → '''Direct Object''']]
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Gert at 10:07, 4 May 2017

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	Read further on other grammatical functions:		Read further on other grammatical functions:

			# [[Predicate \| The predicate]]<br>
	# [[Subject \| The subject]]<br>		# [[Subject \| The subject]]<br>
	# [[Complements \| The complements]]<br>		# [[Complements \| The complements]]<br>
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	## [[Predicate_Complement \| The predicative complement]]<br>		## [[Predicate_Complement \| The predicative complement]]<br>
	## [[Oblique_Complement \| The oblique complement]]<br>		## [[Oblique_Complement \| The oblique complement]]<br>
	## [[Modifiers_(Adjuncts) \| Modifiers (Adjuncts)]]<br>		# [[Modifiers_(Adjuncts) \| Modifiers (Adjuncts)]]<br>

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Gert at 10:05, 4 May 2017

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      /__\ /__________________\
      Pat  will write a letter.
 Read further on other grammatical functions:
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Gert at 09:25, 4 May 2017

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	[[Predicate\| ← '''Predicate''']]      [[Phrases\| ↑ '''Phrases''']]      [[~~Subject~~\| → '''~~Subject~~''']]		[[Predicate\| ← '''Predicate''']]      [[Phrases\| ↑ '''Phrases''']]      [[Direct_Object\| → '''Direct Object''']]
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			# [[Predicate \| The predicate]]<br>
	# [[Subject \| The subject]]<br>		# [[Subject \| The subject]]<br>
	# [[Complements \| The complements]]<br>		# [[Complements \| The complements]]<br>
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	## [[Predicate_Complement \| The predicative complement]]<br>		## [[Predicate_Complement \| The predicative complement]]<br>
	## [[Oblique_Complement \| The oblique complement]]<br>		## [[Oblique_Complement \| The oblique complement]]<br>
	## [[Modifiers_(Adjuncts) \| Modifiers (Adjuncts)]]<br>		# [[Modifiers_(Adjuncts) \| Modifiers (Adjuncts)]]<br>

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