Some Observations concerning Subordinate Clauses in English

Certain examples of English subordinate clauses are introduced in ?1, together with the assumptions and evidence used in claiming that a problem, for which the examples are crucial, does in fact exist. ?2 contains a brief description of J. R. Ross's performative sentence hypothesis. ?3 shows how Ross's schema might be modified in order to account for the special problems posed by reason adverbials. ?4 is concerned with the derivation of though clauses within a declarative sentence framework. ?5 extends the discussion to other types of adverbials.l