Transformation of sentences

Transformation of a sentence implies changing a sentence from one grammatical form to another without any change of its meanings. There are the following ways of transformation : • Transformation by change of parts of speech. • Transformation by interchange of affirmative and negative sentences. • Transformation by interchange of interrogative and assertive sentences. • Transformation by interchange of simple, complex and compound sentences. • Interchange of degrees of comparison. Table of Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Interchange of Parts of Speech Replacing with Nouns Changing Verbs into Nouns: (i) The teacher permitted the student to go out. The teacher gave the student permission to go out. (ii) You argued very logically Your argument is very logical. (iii) The officer assessed your wealth incorrectly. The officer made an incorrect assessment of your wealth. (iv) I do not intend to insult you, I have no intention to insult you. (v) The Indian army fought bravely. The Indian army put up a brave fight. (vi) The old lady wished that I might live long. The old lady wished me a long life. Changing Adjectives into nouns: (i) He is respectful to his teachers. He has respect to his teachers. (ii) We are proud of our motherland. We take pride in our motherland. (iii) We want to be free. We want freedom. (iv) Sumit is the most intelligent boy of the class. Sumit has the greatest intelligence among the boys in...

Part of the theory of generative grammar In transformational grammar ( TG) or transformational-generative grammar ( TGG) is part of the theory of transformations) to produce new sentences from existing ones. The method is commonly associated with American linguist Generative algebra was first introduced to general linguistics by the Historical context [ ] Transformational analysis is a part of the classical Western grammatical tradition based on the understood elements. In modern terminology, the first expression is the restoration are complementary: the deep structure is converted into the surface structure and restored from it by what were later known as transformational rules. It was generally agreed that a degree of simplicity improves the quality of speech and writing, but closer inspection of the deep structures of different types of sentences led to many further insights, such as the concept of • • • • Transformational analysis fell out of favor with the rise of Modifikationen). The transformational grammar of the 1960s differs from the Renaissance linguistics in its relation to the biological grammar is unmarked, and unmodified in transformational terms. Transformational generative grammar included two kinds of rules: phrase-structure rules and transformational rules. But scholars abandoned the project in the 1970s. Based on Chomsky's concept of The concept of transformation was nevertheless not fully rejected. In Chomsky's 1990s Basic mechanisms [ ] Deep structure...

• Simple Sentences • Complex Sentences • Compound Sentences What is Clause? A collection of words that consist of a subject and a predicate is known as a Clause. It is a collection of words but never a complete sentence and is further elaborated through its two types. Independent Clause: An independent clause can be identified through the following aspects; • It can stand idle as a sentence • It can become a part of a sentence that contains more than one clause • It contains conjunctions such as – for, yet, or, nor, but, so, and Dependent Clause A dependent clause is the one that contains the following aspects. • It contains a subject and a predicate. • It can’t be used idle as a sentence • It is the most important of a sentence on which it depends in order to express the meaning A dependent clause is further classified into the following types Adjective Clause or Relative Clause: An adjective or relative clause is similar to an adjective and is used to modify the nouns or pronouns in a sentence with the help of words such as whose, where, who, whom, that, whoever, which, etc. Example: • This the museum that I was telling you about. • The person who just walked in owns this restaurant. Adverb Clause or Adverbial Clause: It is also referred to as a subordinate clause due to being a dependent clause that subordinates with conjunctions such as until, although, if, because, if, as if, when, etc. Example: • Although he was afraid, the boy learned swimming. Noun Clause: A cl...

Transformation of Sentences We can identify the • Purpose • Word Order • End For example: • I would like to eat chocolate cake now. (Declarative sentence) • Where can I get chocolate cakes? (Interrogative sentence) • Please give me a chocolate cake. (Imperative sentence) • How delicious the chocolate cake is! (Exclamatory sentence) Type of Sentences • When a speaker states or declares something, it is called a Declarative Sentence. (Statement) • When a speaker asks a question, it is called an Interrogative Sentence. (Question) • When a speaker orders, commands, or makes a request, it is called an Imperative Sentence. (Command/Order/Request) • When a speaker expresses a strong feeling, it is called an Exclamatory Sentence. (Exclamation) Ways of Transformation of a Sentence 1. First, let us discuss how to change a declarative sentence into an interrogative sentence. A. As shown in the example, we change a declarative sentence into an interrogative sentence by putting the auxiliary subject. • He is a chemist. (Declarative) Is he a chemist? (Interrogative) • We are going to the park. (Declarative) Are we going to the park? (Interrogative) It can be seen from the above transformation that a period is used for declarative sentences, and an interrogative sentence ends with a question mark? B. When the declarative sentence is in the simple present tense, we use to do or does to make questions. Example: • Mathews lives here. (Declarative) Does Mathews live here? (Interrogative) • T...