2.1. Argument Structure
※ Argument : The various NPs that occur with a verb
※ Verbs differ in terms of the number andtypes of NPs they can take as complements.
1) Intransitive verbs : The subject
2) Transitive verbs : The subject + direct object
3) Ditransitive verbs : The subject + direct object + indirect object
- have “transfer direct object to indirect object” in their mea
Morphology
Morphology is the study of word formation. (p.79)
‘morphe’ = to form (Greek)
Morphology → the structure of words
Syntax → the structure of sentences
Issues in Morphology
(1) Boldest can be divided into two parts (i.e., bold
+est), each of which has a meaning: bold cannot.
☞ Morphemes
(2) The word boy has a meaning inand of itself, the
let's define what is comparative structure.
(1) Nobody arrived except John.
(2) uk-i-bakk-e sukcey-lul ha-ci-anh-ass-ta.
uk-COM-DELI assignment-ACC do-COMP-not-PAST-DECL.
'Nobody finished the assignment except Uk'
In those cases, English and Korean sentences imply comparison meaning.
We need to define a sentence's semantic features and, at the same time, to define
same kind of the verb. In the sense, we can say ‘fed up with it’ and ‘put up with it’.
Like prepositional verbs, phrasal-prepositional verbs cannot be separated as a single constituent. Moreover, prepositional verbs can take pronominal objects, but phrasal verbs require non-pronominal objects. Phrasal verbs don’t permit (certaintypes of) pronominal object.
and more stylized!
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木 { tree } = ‘tree’
林 two { tree } = ‘woods’
森 three { tree } = ‘forest’
本 { tree } with line across bottom = ‘root’ or ‘origin’
日 { sun } + 木 { tree } = 東 ‘east’
人 { person } + 木 { tree } = 休 ‘rest’
5. Consider the following sign in a bottle of cleaning
fluid. What type of representatio