ABSTRACT
Syntactic function in nominative languages which, depending on the language, is marked either morphologically (e.g. by an oblique case) or positionally (e.g. after the subject) and which generally denotes a thing or state of affairs which is affected by the event denoted by the verb. The number and types of objects are language-specific and their occurrence in the sentence is determined by the valence of the verb. Objects are generally divided into direct, indirect and prepositional objects (also called oblique objects). Objects in English can be realized as noun phrases, infinitive constructions, gerunds, or dependent clauses ( object clause). ( also case, syntactic function)
References
Plank, F. (ed.) 1984. Objects. London case, direct object, indirect object, syntactic function
Subordinate clause ( constituent clause) which functions syntactically as an object. In English these include: (a) relative clauses: Wherever you go, there you are; (b) dependent clauses introduced by an interrogative pronoun (Do you know who that is standing over there?) or a subordinating conjunction (She asked herself whether she had done the right thing or not); (c) dependent clauses without a conjunction: She wished she were in Athens; (d) infinitive constructions: He was glad to have been there at all.
