dependent clause

grammar term: type of clause that cannot stand alone but serves as a clause element for another clause instead, usually introduced by a subordinator
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dependent clause

Summary

dependent clause ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (148 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • dependent clause's GND ID is recorded as 4041504-1[2].
  • dependent clause's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85056332[3].
  • dependent clause's subclass of is recorded as clause[4].
  • dependent clause's part of is recorded as complex sentence[5].
  • dependent clause's opposite of is recorded as independent clause[6].
  • dependent clause's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03_wf2[7].
  • dependent clause's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph205085[8].
  • dependent clause's topic's main category is recorded as Q9038088[9].
  • dependent clause's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • dependent clause's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • dependent clause's has characteristic is recorded as subordination[12].
  • dependent clause's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00026353n[13].
  • dependent clause's exact match is recorded as http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133074056[14].
  • dependent clause's Quora topic ID is recorded as Dependent-Clause[15].
  • dependent clause's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 134510687[16].
  • dependent clause's Australian Educational Vocabulary ID is recorded as scot/13384[17].
  • dependent clause's J-GLOBAL ID is recorded as 201606020823026806[18].
  • dependent clause's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007536006605171[19].
  • dependent clause's Lex ID is recorded as ledsætning[20].
  • dependent clause's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C134510687[21].
  • dependent clause's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/5768d5f2-b615-4e58-8cad-61b3defd816e[22].

Why It Matters

dependent clause ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (148 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . National Library of Israel. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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