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BTAN11006BA/BTAN1104OMA
The structure of English:
The noun phrase and the verb phrase
16/12/2015
Lecture 12
• MODIFICATION IN THE NOUN PHRASE
• THE EXAM
Pre- and postmodification
some beautiful people
some forest-dwelling people
some people present
some people driven by faith
some people that live in the forest
attributive and predicative adjectives
(1) a. this beautiful girl
b. This girl is beautiful.
(2) a. his alleged failure
b. *His failure was alleged.
(3) a. *an alone child
b. The child was alone.
Structural issues
(4) a. *an ill child
b. a terminally/mentally/seriously ill child
(5) a. those responsible
b. someone special
(6) a. the worst imaginable conditions
b. the worst conditions imaginable
Meaning differences
(8) a. It’s quite an involved business, buying a property, isn’t it?
b. How many people involved are going to know that?
(9) a. I’m ashamed of some of the things the present government have done.
b. Yet of all the women present it was you whose shoulder Denton put his arm around.
Meaning differences
Some representative attributive adjectives:
absolute, alleged, complete, eventual,
maximum, minimum, mere, utter, etc.
The exam
What you need
• the lecture material (presentations plus you notes)
• the term list
• the readers are optional (see the syllabus) –use them as a supplement and as a general background reading
• you can also check the Fogalomtár page on Névmásblog (Hungarian only)
• consult me if you have any questions (rakosigy@hotmail.com, office hours on my page)
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