Definition
A schematic representation which shows a predicate together with its arguments, and their categorical status.
Devour (verb)
[1, 2]
Predicate and arguments
Predicate: it is that we will refer to element that require the specification of the participants in the proposition expressed.
Argument: it is that a participant (role player) in proposition
Ex) The cro
Certain forms of AdjP occur right at the beginning of the NP, before the indefinite article a.
E.g.
a. [How big a box] do we need?
b. We'd select [this big a box].
a. It seemed [such a computer].
b. [What a handsome] I was.
[noun]
- virtual disaster *his almost death
[verb]
- It virtually evaporated. He almost died.
[adjective]
- It was virtually impossible. He was
McArthur(1979:24)는 ‘모국어 화자들 가운데서도 복합 동사구에 대하여 많은 혼란을 느끼고 있으며 심지어는 모국어화자 영어교사들도 복합 동사구를 예로부터 전해오는 문법 전통의 일부로 알고 있거나 막연히 관용적인 것’으로 알고 있는 경우가 많다고 하였다. 이와 같이 Two-Word Verb는 그 구조와 의미
Next is function. In terms of function, verbs can function as predicate but adjective cannot. When we express the situation that someone enjoys something, we can make the expression like ‘students enjoy’. However, when we express someone’s state of mind which is happy, we can express not ‘Students happy’, but ‘Students are happy’. Adjectives need ‘be’ verb or other verb in order
verb)과 보조용언(補助用言, auxiliary predicate)으로 나뉜다. 자립성을 가지고 실질적인 의미를 나타내며 단독으로 서술기능을 가진 용언을 본용언이라 이르며, 겉모습은 일반적인 용언과 다름이 없지만 자립성이 없거나 약하여 반드시 특정한 문법형태(-고, -게, -아/어/여)를 매개로 하여 본용언에 기대어