Equipotent and dominational connections between the phrase constituents

1. Equipotent and dominational connections between the phrase constituents

EQUIPOTENT AND
DOMINATIONAL
CONNECTIONS BETWEEN
THE PHRASE
CONSTITUENTS
Falaleeva Evelina, Khalyp Olessya

2. Phrases are subdivided into:

PHRASES ARE
SUBDIVIDED INTO:
Equipotent
Dominational
Cumulative

3. Equipotent connection

EQUIPOTENT CONNECTION
The parts of an equipotent phrase have equal
importance; neither part depends on or modifies
the other.
boys and girls
sing and dance
slow but steady
Tea or coffee

4. Equipotent connection divides:

EQUIPOTENT CONNECTION DIVIDES:
Syndatic way
Asyndatic way
We use coordinative
conjunction for it
We do not use any
coordinative conjunction for it
Boys AND girls
Read, write, speak, listen
Young BUT talented
Young, talented, gorgeous
Tea OR coffee
Tea, coffee, juice, vodka

5. Dominational connection

DOMINATIONAL CONNECTION
The parts of a dominational phrase do not have
equal importance; one part depends on or
modifies the other.
A beautiful girl
A difficult question
Write a letter
Play football

6. Dominational connections divides:

DOMINATIONAL CONNECTIONS DIVIDES:
Grammatical
agreement
Adjoining
Government

7. Grammatical agreement

GRAMMATICAL AGREEMENT
Agreement happens when a dependent word changes its form to match
the main word.
In English, agreement usually happens in number (singular or plural).
this boy → these boys
the child plays → the children play
the girl is → the girls are

8. Government

GOVERNMENT
Government happens when the
main word requires a specific
form of a dependent word.
see him → see requires
the object him, not he.
The dependent word does not
have the same form as the main
word.
listen to music → listen
requires the preposition to.
The main word controls the form
of the dependent word.
depend on someone → depend
requires the preposition on.

9. Adjoining

ADJOINING
Adjoining happens when words are connected simply by
being next to each other. There are no special endings
or forms showing dependence.
Beautiful flowers
an interesting question
Very happy
Speak quietly

10. Cumulative connection

CUMULATIVE CONNECTION
Cumulative connection occurs when the second element adds
extra information to the first element, but the two elements are
not grammatically equal in meaning or function.
He came, but late.
He answered, and very quickly.
She agreed, or nearly so.
They arrived, but too late.

11. Task: let’s identify!

TASK: LET’S IDENTIFY!
1. black and white
6. She agreed, or nearly so.
2. a beautiful garden
7. young and talented
3. He came, but late.
8. very carefully
4. tea or coffee
9. They arrived, but too late.
5. read a book
10.my sister's phone