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2.5.4. .
Noun Clause Patterns
Pattern is a model or guide for making something. So, here, noun clause pattern is needed as a guide to construct a noun clause. As Frank 1972: 283 states
that in a noun clause, the full subject and predicate are retained, but the structure is changed by the additional of a special introductory word, by a special word order or
by both. Therefore, the noun clause elements simply consist of introductory word, subject and verb since noun clause is a dependent clause that consists of a full subject
and a predicate of its own and is introduced by the introductory words such as that, interrogative words, ifwhether. So the basic pattern of noun clauses is:
Introductory word Subordinator + S + V + ..... That, wh-pronoun, ifwhether
For example:
72. She said that she wants to go. Sub S V inf
The noun clause in the above sentence is that she wants to go. It derives from
statements and functions as the object of verb ‘said’ as the past form of the verb
‘say’. The pattern is Sub + S + V + Inf. Here, the introductory word ‘that’ functions
as subordinator that introduces the noun clause because the noun clause that she wants to go has its own subject ‘she’.
While, on the other hand, some interrogative words such as whoever, whatwhatever and whichever function as pronouns within the clause they
introduce Frank, 1972: 295. They can function as subject in the noun clause, so the pattern of noun clauses which are introduced by these wh-pronouns is:
S + V + ..... whoever, whatwhatever, whichever
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For example: 73. I know who will do the work.
S V O The noun clause in the above sentence is who will do the work. It derives from
questions functions as object of the verb ‘know’. It has the pattern of S + V + O.
Here, introductory word ‘who’ has a role within the clause, that is as a subject of the clause it introduces.
The following is the pattern of noun clause after ”It”:
It + be + adjectivenoun + noun clause Wren and Martin, 1990:383. For
examples:
74. It is strange that he should behave like that. Adj.
75. It is a pity that you didn’t try harder.
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On the other hand, the pattern of noun clause derived from requests usually take the present subjunctive Frank, 1972: 297. So, the pattern is:
That + Subject + the simple form of the verb + …. Wren and Martin,
1990: 75 For example:
76. Her father insists that she speak English well. Sub S V O Adv
the simple form of the verb
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The pattern of noun clauses derived from exclamations are same with the pattern of exclamatory sentences as Frank 1972: 299 states noun clauses from
exclamations are introduced by the same words that introduce exclamation – what a, how. The word order of exclamations is preserved in these noun clauses. The
following are the pattern of noun clause derived from exclamation:
what + adjective + noun + subject + verb Wren and Martin, 1990:385.
For example:
77. He is always boasting about what a beautiful figure his wife has. Sub
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