Fawcett (2010: 190n):
¹ In other words, the topmost unit in a representation of syntax is always a clause — even though the topmost unit in a given text-sentence may appear to be a nominal group because of ellipsis.
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To be clear, if the clause is the topmost unit, and a nominal group is not the topmost unit, then there is a scale on which there are higher and lower units. That is, despite Fawcett's claims, his model makes use of a rank scale — though inconsistently, as will be seen.
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