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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

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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

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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.

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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

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Conventions

(7) a. attorney general

b. court martial

c. heir apparent

d. Princes Royal

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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.

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Meaning differences

Some representative attributive adjectives:

absolute, alleged, complete, eventual,

maximum, minimum, mere, utter, etc.

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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 ([email protected], office hours on my page)

http://ieas.unideb.hu/admin/file_8230.pdf

http://ieas.unideb.hu/admin/file_7923.pdf

http://nevmasblog.wordpress.com/fogalomtar/

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http://ieas.unideb.hu/rakosi

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