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Grammar and Linguistics > What are "that" and "what" called in a noun clause?
What are "that" and "what" called in a noun clause?
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ironik
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What are "that" and "what" called in a noun clause?
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I hope people interested in linguistics can help me with this. You know in a relative clause, the words "who, which, that" and so on are called "relative pronouns" What about a noun clause? What do we call the words "what, that, whether" and so on? I looked at grammar reference books, Thornbury, Google but maybe I �m not looking at the correct place, can you help me? |
13 May 2015
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Gi2gi
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Hi, I would call the words "relative pronouns" just as they are called in adjective clauses (relative clauses). Here �s a source that claims the same
Sometimes they are referred to as "adverb pronouns", as well
I would also like to hear what other members suggest
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13 May 2015
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ironik
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Thank you, Giorgi and Mary. Teaching English for all these years and I �ve never thought what these are called before. |
13 May 2015
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nasreddine Sarsar
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I don �t agree with you guys, and sorry for that. Noun clause markers is not a technical name for the words used to introduce a noun clause. Also relative pronouns and adverb pronouns are not the only words that introduce a noun clause. Noun clauses are introduced by: 1. relative pronouns: Who stole the money is not known by the police. 2. relative adverbs: where he hid the money is a mystery. 3. Subordinating Conjunctions: I don �t know if he is coming. Who, where, and if mentioned in the examples above are referred to as noun clause markers, but technically speaking, that �s not the technical term used in grammar. |
13 May 2015
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Matthew@ELSP
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Interesting.
I would have liked to know the sources you checked and what the technical term is though, nasreddine Sarsar
so I could feel a little more confident in making a decision or being nearer to doing so.
I am going to read up on this now, as I feel it �s rather poor that I cannot answer the question myself.
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13 May 2015
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nasreddine Sarsar
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The source is the TOEFL books I am implementing in my courses and the linguistics courses I took when I was a university student. You can conduct a search about what I typed in my answer. There is no technical term that brings all the words that introduce a noun clause together. Some of them are called relative pronouns. Others are called relative adverbs, and still others are called subordinating conjunctions.
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13 May 2015
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