subordinating. Coordinating conjunctions he worked hard. (subordinate) (coordinators; and, but, or) join linguistic units with equal grammatical status. Subordinating conjunctions (subordinators; although, after, as, because, before, since, when) indicate the semantic relationship between a subordinate clause and a main clause. interjection hüüdsõna, A term for exclamatory words or expressive Gosh! That's quick. interjektsioon vocalisations used to express emotional reactions such
.., either ...or..., neither...nor..., not only..., but also ... whether...or (whether)... Syntactic features of coordinators: - clause-initial position - sequentially fixed - not preceded by a conjunction - link clause constituents - link subordinate clauses - multiple coordination Subordination: The joining of a clause to a main clause in such a way that it is dependent (= the complex sentence) While Maria sets the table for breakfast, he hums a little tune to himself. Subordinators: after, although, as because, before, if, since, that, though unless, until, when(ever), where(ver), while; but that, in that, in order that, such that, as far as, as long as, as soon as, as if, as though, in case, etc. Types of subordinate clauses: - nominal clauses - relative clauses - adverbial - comment Formal indicators of subordination: (i) a subordinating conjunction. (ii) a wh-element. (iii) inversion. (iv) The verb element is either non-finite or absent.