Abstract:
The present study analyses the syntactic functions and structures of Wh- and That-nominal clauses
in English Language with reference to Animal Farm by George Orwell. The study employed
documentary research method for data collection. The findings of the study show a total number
of thirty four (34) Wh- and That-nominal clauses in the dialogue section. There are five (5) Wh-
nominal clauses and a total of twenty nine (29) That-nominal clauses. The study concludes that
the dialogue section reflects a wide range of That-nominal clauses relative to their Wh-
counterparts. The study further demonstrates that the dialogue section of Animal Farm
demonstrates a variety of syntactic functions and structures of Wh- and That-nominal clauses.
The data illustrates four (4) syntactic functions, subject, object, adjective complement and
appositive. The Wh-nominal clauses are indicated as subject and object while That-nominal
clauses are observed as subject, object, adjective complement and appositive. The study thus
illustrates that That-nominal clauses show more variety of syntactic functions than the Wh- ones.
In the case of syntactic structures, the study indicates that That-nominal clauses reflect more
varied syntactic structures than Wh- ones since That-nominal clauses demonstrate five syntactic
structures while the Wh-nominal clauses show two structures
