| Lemma | down-ranked clause |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Halliday (1985) |
| Titolo | An Introduction to Functional Grammar |
| Sinonimi | |
| Rinvii | embedded vs non embedded clause (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | In formal grammar what is said is treated as ʻnoun clause object of the verb sayʼ, meaning a down-ranked or ʻembeddedʼ clause. But functionally the verbalized clause is not downranked; it functions as the secondary clause in a ʻclause complexʼ being either (a) directly quoted [...] or (b) indirectly reported. This means that such sequences consist of two clauses. |