Does anybody find fault with the following line of reason?

-- Speakers signal clausal boundaries by intonation and (sometimes) pauses.

-- Sentence boundaries are clausal boundaries by definition, and are
signaled in the same manner.

-- So sentences are not psychologically real for speakers--only clauses are.

If the above is true, then the intransigence of comma splices and even
run-ons is much easier to understand.

John

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