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6 - Complex sentences

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 September 2011

Jan-Wouter Zwart
Jan-Wouter Zwart
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Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands
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In the grammar of Dutch, a sentence is best defined as a prosodic unit the end of which is marked by a distinct falling or rising tone (see section 2.6).

A sentence is said to be complex if it contains more than one clause, where a clause is defined as the maximal sentence constituent containing a single verb, or (in case there are more verbs, one of which is an auxiliary) a single combination of a lexical verb and an auxiliary. (See appendix 3 for a list of the members of the closed class of auxiliaries.)

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The Syntax of Dutch , pp. 104 - 144
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2011

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  • Complex sentences
  • Jan-Wouter Zwart, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands
  • Book: The Syntax of Dutch
  • Online publication: 07 September 2011
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511977763.008
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  • Jan-Wouter Zwart, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands
  • Book: The Syntax of Dutch
  • Online publication: 07 September 2011
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511977763.008
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