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==Only phrasal constituents (i.e. whole phrases) can undergo Preposing.== | ==<span style="color:#cc0000">Only phrasal constituents (i.e. whole phrases) can undergo Preposing.</span>== | ||
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e. * <span style="color:#0000ff">Your</span> I can’t stand <span style="color:#ff0000">elder sister</span> . | e. * <span style="color:#0000ff">Your</span> I can’t stand <span style="color:#ff0000">elder sister</span> . | ||
=<span style="color:#cc0000">Pronouns</span>= | =<span style="color:#cc0000">Pronouns</span>= | ||
Latest revision as of 08:14, 15 October 2025
(Based on Radford (1988), Chapter 2)
Preposing
Only phrasal constituents (i.e. whole phrases) can undergo Preposing.
(1) I cant stand your elder sister .
(2)
a. Your elder sister I can’t stand.
b. * Your elder I can’t stand sister .
c. * Elder sister I can’t stand your .
d. * Sister I can’t stand your elder .
e. * Your I can’t stand elder sister .
Pronouns
Pronouns replace NPs
(6)
a. SPEAKER A: What do you think of [ NP the [ N guy] who wrote that unbelievably boring book onTransformational Grammar]?
b. SPEAKER B: I can't stand [ NP him] .
c. SPEAKER B: *I can't stand [ NP the [ N him] who wrote that unbelievably boring [ N book] onTransformational Grammar]
there replaces PPs
(8)
a. SPEAKER A: Have you ever been [ PP to Paris] ?
b. SPEAKER B: No, I have never been [ PP there] .
do so replaces VPs
(9) Lilly [ VP went home early] .
(10)
a. Sandy [ VP did so] , too.
b. Sandy will [ VP do so] , too.
c. Sandy might [ VP do so] , too.