events, facts, and ideas. The one exception is the nominal relative clause, which may refer to persons and things and may in fact be alternatively analyzed as noun
phrase. Since indirect objects normally refer to persons, we can see why only the nominal relative clause can function as indirect object.
The functions of noun clause that found in To Kill a Mockingbird novel are:
3.2.2.1 Direct Object of Transitive Verb
A noun clause can be used a direct object of transitive verb as the next sentences mentioned:
79. …and I wondered if this explanation would be as unsuccessful as my
attempt. page 27 80.
“I know what we are going to play,” he announced. page 38 81.
I said if they did I didn’t see how they got anything done. page 59 82.
I decided that she had been swapped at birth, that my grandparents had perhaps received a Crawford instead of a Finch. page 77
3.2.2.2 Indirect Object of a Transitive Verb
Noun clause also can perform as the indirect object of a transitive verb as illustrated the following example:
83. But the only time I ever heard Atticus speak sharply to anyone was when I
once heard him say. page 81
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3.2.2.3 Object of a Preposition
Besides being an object of a transitive verb, a noun clause can also function as the object of a preposition. The sentence can be found below:
84. A pronouncement that made me suspect they had been fussing again.
page 147
3.2.2.4 Subjective Complement
A noun clause can function as the complement of a verb of incomplete predication. It is commonly called subjective complement as reflected in the
following sentences: 85.
I decided that she had been swapped at birth, that my grandparents had perhaps received a Crawford instead of a Finch. page 77
3.2.2.5 Objective Complement
A noun clause may serve a function as the complement of an object. It is commonly called objective complement as illustrated in the next example:
86. We leaped over the low wall that separated Miss Rachel’s yard from our
driveway. page 50
3.3 Adjective Clause Adjective clause is one of the three kinds of dependent clauses in English.
It is also called “Relative Clause”. Adjective clause connects idea by using pronoun that is related to something previously mentioned. Manser 1980:3
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