CHAPTER VIII

SYNTAX

This chapter on Yerava syntax presents an analytical outline of Yerava sentences. The first section analyzes the sentences into their components and describes the components with illustrations. The second section analyzes these components into phrases and describes these with illustrations.

8.1    Sentence types

The two classes of sentences, major and minor, found in many languages are found in Yerava too. The major sentences are independent in occurrence and have an independent clause. Minor sentences are dependent, and are interpretable in appropriate contexts only. And these do not have a clause.

8.1.1    Major sentences

The major sentences can be classified into three categories. They are

1. Simple sentences—sentences with single independent clause. 2. Complex sentences—sentences with an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. 3. Compound sentences—sentences with more than one independent clause and an optional dependent clause.