ttypesofsentenceareused,whatistheirfunction?Sentencecomplexity:Dosentencesonwholehaveasimpleoracomplexstructure?Whatistheaveragesentencelength?Doescomplexityvarystrikinglyfromonesentencetoanother?Iscomplexitymainlydueto(i)coordination,(ii)subordination,(iii)juxtapositionofclausesorofotherequivalentstructures?Inwhatpartsofthetextdoescomplexitytendtooccur?clausetypes:Whattypesofclausesarefavored—relativeclauses,adverbialclauses,ordifferenttypesofnominalclauses?Arenon-finiteformscommonlyused,andifso,ofwhattypesarethey(infinitive,-ingform,-edform,verblessstructure)?Whatistheirfunction?Clausestructure:Isthereanythingsignificantaboutclauseelements(egfrequencyofobjects,adverbials,complements;oftransitiveorintransitiveverbconstructions)?Arethereanyunusualorderings(initialadverbials,frontingofobjectorcomplement,etc)?Dospecialkindsofclauseconstructionoccur(suchasthosewithpreparatoryitorthere)?Nounphrases:Aretheyrelativelysimpleorcomplex?Wheredoesthecomplexitylie(inpremodificationbyadjectives,nouns,etc,orinpostmodificationbyprepositionbyprepositionalphrases,relativeclauses,etc)?Verbphrases:Arethereanysignificantdeparturesfromtheuseofthesimplepasttense?Forexample,noticeoccurrencesandfunctionsofthepresenttense,oftheprogressiveaspect,oftheperfectaspect,ofmodalauxiliaries.otherphrasetypes:Isthereanythingtobesaidaboutotherphrasestypes,suchasprepositionalphrases,adverbphrases,adjectivephrases?Wordclasses:Havingalreadyconsideredmajorwordclasses,wemayconsiderminorwordclasses(egfunctionalwords),suchasprepositions,conjunctions,pronouns,determiners,auxiliaries,interjections.Areparticularwordsofthesetypesusedforparticulareffect(egdemonstrativessuchasthisandthat,negativessuchasnot,nothing)?General:Notewhetheranygeneraltypesofgrammaticalconstructionareusedtospecialeffect(egcomparativeorsuperlativeconstructions,coordinativeorlistingconstructions,parentheticalconstructions,interjectionsandafterthoughtsasoccurincausalspeech).Andseetothenumberoflistsandcoordinations.FiguresofSpeechHereweco