predicates
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WHAT IS PREDICATOR???
The predicator of a simple declarative sentence is the word ( sometimes a
group of words) which does not belong to any of the referring expressions and which of the
remainder, makes the most specific contribution to the meaning of the
sentence.
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EXAMPLE
Read is the predicator in Salma is reading novel.
Cook is the predicator in Mother cooks in the kitchen.
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NOTE
Part s of Speech
Predicator
Example
Adjectives V Red, hungry
Verbs V Write, Read
Prepositions V In, between
Nouns V Genius, crook
Conjunctions
X And, but, or
Articles X The, a
NB: Be X Is, am, are, was, were
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WHAT IS PREDICATE???
A predicate is any word (or sequence of words) which ( in a given single sense)
can function as the predicator of a sentence..
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NOTE
A simple sentence only has one predicator, although it may well
contain more than one instance of a predicate.
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EXAMPLE
A tall, handsome stranger entered the saloon
This sentence has just one predicator, enter, but the sentence also contains the words tall, handsome, stranger, and saloon, all which are predicates and can function as predicators in other sentences,. E.g. John is tall, He is handsome.
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WHAT IS THE DEGREE OF A PREDICATE?
A number indicating a number of arguments
it is normally understood to have in simple sentences.
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AMBIENT PREDICATESPredicates that do not have any
obligatory argument.
1. It is snowy
2. It is foggy
3. It is cold
4. It is drizzling
5. It is raining
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In Indonesian there are also
ambient predicates, such as when people
say “Panas”, “hujan”,
“mendung”, and “gerimis”
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ONE PLACE PREDICATESThese are predicates that have one
obligatory argument. Peter is tall Miss Nancy Smith is a doctor Peggy smiles very often Mr. Johnson resigned
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TWO PLACE PREDICATES
These are predicates that have two obligatory arguments.
The secretary is making out a cheque
The workers are building a hotel
The driver drove his taxi very fast
My father mended a broken chair
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KREIDLER
According to Kreidler, locative predicates like on, in, at, above, beside, near, next to, and under are also two place predicates.
The lamp is on the tableSome oranges are in the basket
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THREE PLACE PREDICATES
These are predicates that require three obligatory arguments.
John gave Mary a bicycle My mother bought my sister a
necklace My friend send me a book The hotel is between
showroom and a bank
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KREIDLERThe company sent its distributor
ten cars from Jakarta to Denpasar via Surabaya by ship.
Although there are seven arguments in the sentence
above, there are three obligatory arguments, they are company, distributor, and cars. The other arguments; Jakarta
(Source), Denpasar (Goal), Surabaya (Path), and ship
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