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1. Relative Clauses Function to Modify Subject
In this research, I found 56 relative clauses which functioned as subject modifier Appendix 4, page 156. How the relative clauses function as the subject
modifiers are given through examples in the table below based on some of the findings in the features columns in the JP.
Table 4.3: Relative Clauses Function to Modify Subject
No. Relative clauses
DefiningNon- defining
Antecedent Functions of
the relative clauses
5.
Iffat Amalia, who runs a
separate home
reputation, though
part of
the same
extended family, found an outlet in Hong Kong.
Non-defining Iffat Amalia
Modifying Subject
6. In many places, carbide
cannons
that make
loud sounds are no longer effective to drive
elephants away. Defining
Carbide cannons Modifying
Subject
Looking at table 4.3, the main clause of example 5, Iffat Amalia found an outlet in Hong Kong, had Iffat Amalia as the subject, found as the verb, an outlet
as the object, and in Hong Kong as the prepositional phrase. When we inserted the relative clause to the main clause, it would describe or modify the antecedent,
which, as noted above, was the subject of the main clause. Therefore, I decided
that the relative clause who runs a separate home reputation, though part of the same extended family in example 5, served as the subject modifier. In
58 example 6, I found carbide cannons are no longer effective to drive elephants
away as the main clause of the whole sentence. Carbide cannons functioned as the subject of the main clause, are served as the verb, and no longer effective to drive
elephants away functioned as the subject complement. From the example, we could see that the relative clause was closely connected with the head of the noun
phrase, carbide cannons, which functioned as the subject of the main clause and
also served as the antecedent. Similar to example 5, the relative clause that make loud sounds in example 6 just gave additional information about the
antecedent of the main clause, carbide cannons. Since the relative clause described the subject of the main clause, so it functioned as a subject.
2. Relative Clauses Function to Modify Object
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