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has gloss	(noun) a complex sentence in which the main clause comes last and is preceded by the subordinate clause periodic sentence
has gloss	eng: A periodic sentence is a sentence that is not grammatically complete until the final clause or phrase. Accomplished by the use of parallel phrases or clauses at the opening, or by the use of a succession of dependent clauses as modifiers preceding the independent clause, the periodic sentence unfolds gradually, so that the pollen of thought contained in the subject/verb group shows itself in full only at the sentence's end. It is the opposite of the continuous or running style, which adds phrase onto phrase, and clause onto clause, with each new thought following the last but without any hint in what came before of what might follow, rather than being embedded within each other in a hierarchical structure, as happens in a fugue. Periodic sentences often rely on hypotaxis, whereas running sentences are typified by parataxis.
lexicalization	eng: periodic sentence
subclass of	(noun) a sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause complex sentence

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