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embedding

6.6

Putting a clause inside another clause to make a longer, more complex sentence

noun
/ɪmˈbɛdɪŋ/

Specialized

: anidamiento

The professor explained that embedding a relative clause within an independent clause can clarify meaning.

Examples

So the idea was you're going to do the embedded clause by, you know, merging eat with what?
That is the you'd have that embedded clause, the the embedded clause of the cleft.
This one's with the embedding and this one's no embedding, right?
In linguistics, embedding allows a clause to nest within another clause, creating a complex sentence structure.
A well-known example of embedding is when a dependent clause is placed within the main clause of a sentence.

Synonyms

hypotaxis

vsembedding

Specialized

9.9

To use subordinate clauses to show how ideas are connected

focuses on placing a clause inside another to create nested structure

How Nested

subordinate clause

Specialized

1 4.2

embedding

Specialized

6.6

main clause

Specialized

1 3.2

Surface Forms

embedding singular

embeddings plural

Morphology

embedding = embed (transparent) = embed + ing

This sense (placing a clause within another clause) is a direct literal application of 'embed' plus the -ing nominalization; a learner who knows 'embed' can infer the meaning.

Etymology

Embedding comes from the verb embed (from em- 'in' and bed 'place to rest'), so it means 'putting inside'. In grammar, an embedding is a clause placed inside another sentence, so the origin shows why it is a part 'inside' a larger sentence.