Re: Lahabic Syntax

H. S. Teoh wrote, in a discussion with Marcus Smith:
>>>Hmm. What's the difference between a subordinate clause and a
>>>relative clause?
>>
>> A subordinate clause usually is related to the verb. For
>> example in "I know that you are coming", "that you are coming"
>> is the subordinate clause because it is the thing that is
>> known.
>>
>> A relative clause usually is related to a noun. "The man who
>> is coming is my friend."  "who is coming" is the relative
>> clause, because it makes the noun phrase "the man" more
>> specific.
>
>Ah! Now I get it... no wonder I'm having problems with my >subordinate
clause construction -- I didn't distinguish between >relative and
subordinate clauses, and I ran into some rather
>major ambiguity problems. I'll have this fixed soon, now that I
>know what the problem is :-)
>
>T
In my current language (I need to come up with a name for it!),  I
implemented relative clauses right away, but not subordinate clauses, so
I'm looking forward to more discussion of the latter. (One of the first
things I did was come up with a list of
pronominal stems; since this includes the relative pronoun, the relative
clause followed.)
Jeff