T-Unit

GPTKB entity

Statements (15)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf linguistic theory
gptkbp:definedIn Kellogg Hunt
gptkbp:defines A T-unit is one main clause plus any subordinate clause or non-clausal structure attached to or embedded in it.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label T-Unit
gptkbp:introducedIn 1965
gptkbp:measures syntactic complexity
gptkbp:relatedTo sentence length
communication unit (C-unit)
main clause
subordinate clause
gptkbp:usedIn linguistics
language acquisition research
writing analysis
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Higher_Level
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6