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
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 in and of itself, the
Ⅰ. 영어(영어문법)의 형태론
형태소는 최소 언어부호라고 정의할 수 있으며 이는 음과 의미의 자의적 결합으로 더 이상 쪼개질 수 없는 문법단위다. 그리고 단어의 내부 구조에 대한 연구 및 단어의 형성 규칙에 대한 연구를 형태론이라고 한다.
1. 의존형태소와 자립형태소(Bound and Free Morphemes)
1)
i's gots ta git deez here 40's to muh grannys crib yo! Knowuhimsayin yo?"
을 알아듣기 쉽게 바꾸어 보면,
I have got to get these here 40's to my grandma's crib, yo. Do you know what I'm saying? 이 된다. have got to 는 흔히 have가 생략되고 got to 혹은 gotta로 발음되며
~해야 한다는 의미이다. 위에서는 has gots ta 라고 사용되었는데 흑인영어의
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