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Clause types are categories of clauses distinguished according to their syntactic structure, communicative function, or grammatical properties, such as declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamative forms. In natural language processing, clause types are identified through linguistic features, including word order, grammatical markers, clause structure, and the relationships between syntactic constituents. Their classification depends on the grammatical framework and the criteria adopted for distinguishing clause forms and functions ^[1]^[2].

Clause classification
Syntactic structure
Sentence type
Natural language processing

Natural Language Processing Techniques • Artificial Intelligence • Computer Science • Physical Sciences

References

Huddleston, R.; Pullum, G. K. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK, 2002. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/samples/cam033/2001025630.pdf
Jurafsky, D.; Martin, J. H. Speech and Language Processing, 3rd ed. draft. Stanford University, 2025. https://web.stanford.edu/~jurafsky/slp3/ed3book_aug26.pdf

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