Thursday 19 September 2013

Clause Complex With Non-Finite Hypotactic Elaboration


Every night, at exactly 21:53, the Chief Yeoman Warder of the Tower emerges from the Byward Tower 
wearing his long red coat and Tudor bonnet 
and carrying a candle lantern and the Queen's Keys
a
= b

1
+ 2


Reasoning:

Consider the finite agnates of the dependent clauses in the following, where they are presented as enclosed within the primary clause:
Every night, at exactly 21:53, the Chief Yeoman Warder of the Tower << who wears his long red coat and Tudor bonnet and carries a candle lantern and the Queen's Keys >> emerges from the Byward Tower.
The finite agnates of the dependent clauses are clearly non-defining relative clauses, which are instances of hypotactic elaboration not enhancement.

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