subsentence
noun[C]
languagespecialized(alsosub-sentence)uk/ˈsʌbˌsen.təns/us/ˈsʌbˌsen.təns/apartof asentencethat can itself beconsideredas asentence:
Thissimplesentenceis a subsentence of thelongersentence.
Thispapersuggestsamethodfordetectingtheboundariesbetween sub-sentences.
- Try toavoidusinglongsentenceswith too many subsentences.
- We cananalyzeeach subsentence within asentence.
- Manysentencescan bereducedto two or more subsentences.
- Analgorithmstartsbydividingall thesentencesin adocumentinto sets of subsentences.
Linguistics: sentences & expressions
- aphorism
- backchannel
- coin
- complex sentence
- compound sentence
- declarative sentence
- defining
- dicta
- dictum
- epigram
- epigrammatic
- idiom
- jawbreaker
- motto
- phrase
- proverbial
- sentence
- slogan
- soundbite
- tail