Re: OT: German "Satz"

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 17:33:28 +0200, Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> wrote:

>A li'l question on German terminology for the lists linguistically enlightened
>germanophones: The word _Satz_ can mean both "sentence" and "clause"; how do
>you differentiate when necessary? I asked the teacher of my so-called
"Satz" alone is not precise since it can refer to an entire
utterance AND it can also refer to a particular clause of an
utterance.

"Hauptsatz" would be the main clause where there is also a
relative clause (which whould be named "Relativsatz", sometimes
also "Gliedsatz" since it refers to a syntactical position
[Satzglied] of its parent clause). "Nebensatz" is the most
general term for whatever subordinate clause or inserted
clause between hyphens.

I hope this helps a little bit. :-))

Have a nice day and a cheerful study of the language which
made Mark Twain despair... *lol*

Harald