In this article, we aim to contribute to the debate about the use of subordination as a measure of language proficiency. We compare two theories of SLA—specifically, processability theory (PT; ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract While information structure has traditionally been viewed as a single partition of information within an utterance, there are opposing views ...

A major clause can stand on its own, whereas a subordinate clause relies on another part of the sentence and cannot stand on its own. For instance, ‘Helicopters can fly.’ This is a major clause. It ...

The subordinate clause is the name of the part of the sentence which contains the subordinating conjunction. Sometimes, you can start the sentence with it – it may even sound better – but this changes ...