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Clause  

Type

  • Annotation type

  • Named individual

Definition

  • A clause is a subdivision of a sentence containing a subject (argument) and predicate. It is possible to have a word that implies or refers to a predicate rather than one explicitly stated. [Pei & Gaynor 1980: 40, http://linguistics-ontology.org/gold/2010/Clause]

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http://w3id.org/meta-share/omtd-share/Clause

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