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ЛЕКЦІЯ 7

ЗМ 1.3 SYNTACTIC CHARACTERISTICS IN THE
CONTRASTIVE LANGUAGES

THE SIMPLE SENTENCE; THE COMPOSITE AND THE
COMPOUND SENTENCE IN THE CONTRASTIVE
LANGUAGES

OUTLINES:
1. The composite sentence
2. The compound sentence with conjunctions
3. Compound sentences with asyndetically joined clauses

Key words: composite, compound, asyndetically, predication.

1. The composite sentence

A composite sentence (складне речення) in English and
Ukrainian, like in all other languages, contains two or more
primary predication centers mostly represented by as many
corresponding clauses. Structural types of the composite sentence
are identified on the ground of the syntactic reflection (and
connection) of its predicate parts which are not always distinctly
identified. Thus, common in the syntactic systems of English and
Ukrainian are sentences that are semantically intermediate
between simple extended on the one hand and composite
sentences on the other.
These are the so called semi-compound and semi-
complex sentences. For example, the sentence "One doesn't give
up a god easily and so with White Fang" (J. London) cannot be
treated as a simple extended one. Neither can it be identified as a
composite sentence since the second part in it (and "so with White

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