Some Peculiarities of Sentence Structure (according to Georgian Sources)

According to its syntactic function, there are several subordinate clauses. In the traditional grammar, the classification of subordinate clauses according to their functions is linked to sentence members. The syntactic function of the independent clause is equaled to that of the function of a sentence member. As a result, there are different kinds of subordinate clauses: noun, object, attribute, adverbial, result, conditional, concessive, etc. “However, there is not complete direct parallelism between the types of subordinate clauses and the clauses of complex sentence”  [Kvachadze, 1996: 388].

      It is a known fact that syntactic-semantic relations of complex sentence components is of a diverse nature. “To make them one whole unit there are different devices at work, such as intonation, conjunctions, relative words, correlative systems, sequence of sentences, verb tenses” [Kvachadze, 1996: 350-351].

      Our aim is to study and explore hypotactic structure with conjunction that (rom) in the Georgian Language; to define the position of subordinate clause in this structure and show the parallel tense models in independent and subordinate clauses, with the focus on conjunctions.

      Generally, a conjunction forms this or that subordinate clause. Thus, we have specific conjunctions. In this respect, the conjunction that (Georgian: rom) is completely free and takes part in almost all hypotactic structures.

       In the Georgian language, hypotactic structures with the conjunction that have various functions. Consequently, we have the following clauses: