Linking of sentences

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Sentence linking (also sentence linking or sentence connection ) describes in the syntax the possibility of combining sentences or clauses (see sub-sentence ) to form a series of sentences . This can with the help of certain classes of words (eg. As by connectors such as conjunctions or adverbs or by converbs happen = syndetisch , see also Polysyndeton ), but (even without such grammatical means asyndetically ).

Sentence connections can also be coordinated or subordinated (in some languages ​​also co-coordinated) (see also main clause , subordinate clause ; parataxe , hypotaxe ).

An example of a series of sentences is: "Peter is ill, but Inge is already well again." In this case, however , the conjunction is the connector that brings about the syndetic, coordinative (here: adversative) link between the two sentences.

In the example “It's raining, so I'll stay at home”, the pronominal adverb is therefore the connector.

One has to distinguish the concept of sentence linking from means of cohesion or coherence , which are about the connection between sentences beyond the sentence boundary, i.e. H. a text-linguistic process. Example: “It's raining. We have to cancel the event. "

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