Lemma | exemplification |
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Categoria grammaticale | N |
Lingua | inglese |
Sigla | Halliday (1985) |
Titolo | An Introduction to Functional Grammar |
Sinonimi | |
Rinvii | paratactic (inglese) |
Traduzioni | |
Citazioni | Exemplification. Here the secondary clause develops the thesis of the primary clause becoming more specific about it, often citing an actual example; for example
We used to have races – we used to have relays.
Your face is the same as everybody else has – the two eyes so, nose in the middle, mouth under.
Here the explicit conjunctives are 'for example', 'for istance', 'in particular'; or, in writing, 'e.g.'. |