Question

discuss the syntactic and semantic functions of nominal clauses​

Answer 1

Answer:

ᴛʜᴇ sᴇᴍᴀɴᴛɪᴄ ʀᴏʟᴇs ᴀʀᴇ ᴏғᴛᴇɴ ᴀssᴏᴄɪᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ᴘᴀʀᴛɪᴄᴜʟᴀʀ sʏɴᴛᴀᴄᴛɪᴄ ғᴜɴᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʟᴀᴜsᴇ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴀɢᴇɴᴛ ɪs ɢᴇɴᴇʀᴀʟʟʏ ᴛʜᴇ sᴜʙᴊᴇᴄᴛ ᴏғ ᴀɴ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴄʟᴀᴜsᴇ (16ᴀ-ᴅ), ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʜᴇᴍᴇ ɪs ᴛʏᴘɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴢᴇᴅ ᴀs ᴛʜᴇ ᴅɪʀᴇᴄᴛ ᴏʙᴊᴇᴄᴛ (16ʙ-ᴅ), ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴄɪᴘɪᴇɴᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴇɴᴇғᴀᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ɢᴇɴᴇʀᴀʟʟʏ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴢᴇᴅ ᴀs ɪɴᴅɪʀᴇᴄᴛ ᴏʙᴊᴇᴄᴛs (16ᴄ&ᴅ).

ᴀ sʏɴᴛᴀᴄᴛɪᴄ ғᴜɴᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ɢʀᴀᴍᴍᴀᴛɪᴄᴀʟ ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴsʜɪᴘ ᴏғ ᴏɴᴇ ᴄᴏɴsᴛɪᴛᴜᴇɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴡɪᴛʜɪɴ ᴀ sʏɴᴛᴀᴄᴛɪᴄ ᴄᴏɴsᴛʀᴜᴄᴛɪᴏɴ. ɢʀᴀᴍᴍᴀᴛɪᴄᴀʟ ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴ.

ᴀ ɴᴏᴍɪɴᴀʟ ᴄʟᴀᴜsᴇ ɪs ᴀ ɢʀᴏᴜᴘ ᴏғ ᴡᴏʀᴅs ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ᴄᴏɴᴊᴜɢᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴠᴇʀʙ ɪɴ ɪᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴀᴄᴛs ᴀs ᴀ ɴᴏᴜɴ.ʜᴇʀᴇ's ᴏɴᴇ ɴᴏᴍɪɴᴀʟ ᴄʟᴀᴜsᴇ sᴇʀᴠɪɴɢ sᴏᴍᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴏᴜɴ ʀᴏʟᴇs: ᴛʜᴇ ғᴀᴄᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴠɪsɪᴛᴇᴅ ɢʀᴀᴍᴍᴀʀ.ᴄᴏᴍ. ᴛʜᴇ ғᴀᴄᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴠɪsɪᴛᴇᴅ ɢʀᴀᴍᴍᴀʀ.ᴄᴏᴍ sʜᴏᴡs ʏᴏᴜʀ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴇsᴛ ɪɴ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴡʀɪᴛɪɴɢ. (ɴᴏᴍɪɴᴀʟ ᴄʟᴀᴜsᴇ ᴀᴄᴛɪɴɢ ᴀs ᴛʜᴇ sᴜʙᴊᴇᴄᴛ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ sᴇɴᴛᴇɴᴄᴇ).