nonclause
nounEtymology From non- + clause.
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Education, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences An utterance that is nonclausal, such as a noun phrase, prepositional phrase, or interjection.
- The corpus was searched for clauses and nonclauses that illustrated the relevant property.
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Education, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Nonclausal.
- The corpus was searched for nonclause examples of the relevant property.