How many projections?Tony Abbott won't deny that Julie Bishop declined his request for a commitment not to challenge.
One but it projects an exchange, realised lexically in a single clauseTony Abbott won't deny thatA1 Julie Bishop declinedA2 his requestA1 for a commitmentA1 not to challengeEven the projecting ‘deny' implies a K2/K1 exchangeHow to render as congruent grammar?
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The clause that Julie Bishop declined his request for a commitment not to challenge is not a ranking clause that is projected by the clause Tony Abbott won't deny. Instead, as Bob Hong had already suggested, it is a pre-projected fact, and so is embedded as a constituent, Verbiage, in a clause simplex. See analysis here.
Reasoning:
(a) The clause can be rendered as Tony Abbott won't deny the fact that Julie Bishop declined his request for a commitment not to challenge.
(b) The clause that Julie Bishop declined his request for a commitment not to challenge is not projected into semiotic existence by the clause Tony Abbott won't deny.
For the projection distinction between hypotaxis and embedding, see here.
For the projection distinction between hypotaxis and embedding, see here.
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