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SPECIAL TOPICS IN INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE GRAMMAR
* *.b%L?*<< ?A.
(32) Y32lk@@If9, -f~~-l3.~~1f~~~~Tb~&~
(John is majoring in mechanical engineering and Nancy in electrical
engineering.)
The structures of compound sentences can be generalized as in (33). ([S]
represents a clause.)
(33) a. AND-relation:
[Sl]-[S2] ([S1] ends with a verbal continuative form.)
b. BUT-relation:
[S1]-"BUT-conj."-[S2] (('BUT conj." is a non-sentence initial
conjunction such as ga.)
E. Complex Sentences
If a sentence involves a clause which is dependent on another element or
clause in the sentence, the sentence is called a "complex sentence." (34) pro-
vides complex sentences which include different kinds of dependent clauses
(or subordinate clauses).
(34) a. Relative clauses (See 2.2.5. Relative clause + Noun):
Zt~&E+fl@q 7:?-=F720 (= (10a))
(This is a cake which Tomoko made.)
b. Internal sentences before "2 bl 5 Noun" (See 2.2.6. NounISen-
tence 2 blj Noun):
s$ecihblabla%%7'?2bli%2liBL < 8 b (=(lib))
~
(The idea that Japanese is an ambiguous language is not uncom-
mon.)
c. Internal sentences before Compound particles (pre-nominal
form) (See 2.2.4. {NounNerb} + Compound particle (pre-nomi-
nal form) + Noun):
d. Nominalized sentences (See 2.2.7. Sentence + Nominalizer):
