An Introduction To The Ancestral Sentence
Each Ancestral sentence could contain up to five kinds of clauses, in this order:
The Ancestral First Clause
The first clause optionally expressed the speaker’s initial perspective on the content of the sentence. This type of clause could contain:
- An interjective
- An exclamative
- An emotive
- A perceptive
- A narrative
- A declarative
- An imperative
- An affirmative
- A negative
- A hypothetical
- An interrogative
The speaker’s point of view could be switched to that of another, if appropriate.
The Ancestral Second Clause
The second clause optionally placed salient information in initial (or forethought) position, in an emphatic process often called left-dislocation.
The Ancestral Third Clause
The fourth clause optionally expressed the main theme of the sentence.
The Ancestral Fourth Clause
The fourth clause optionally placed salient information in final (or afterthought) position, in an emphatic process often called right-dislocation.
The Ancestral Fifth Clause
The fifth clause optionally expressed the speaker’s final perspective on the content of the sentence. This type of clause could contain:
- An interjective
- An exclamative
- An emotive
- A perceptive
- A narrative
- A declarative
- An imperative
- An affirmative
- A negative
- An interrogative
The speaker’s point of view could be switched to that of another, if appropriate.