Complement Flashcards

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Three categories of ‘that’

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  1. Directive pronoun
    Carrying a Stress,
  2. Relative pronoun
  3. Complementizer
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Complement and adjunct

Definition

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Complement: constituents which complete the meaning of a verb or adj.
Syntactically obligatory

Adjunct: not required for the use of a verb

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Four types of verb predicate

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  1. Believe type: S of prdc. Is objective
  2. Advise type: S=PRO (object control)
  3. Attempt type: S (subject control)
  4. Want: object control, subject control
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Def. of PRO

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When the sbj of a main clause occurs in the prdc as a sbj, its superficial representaion

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Types Adjective complements

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  1. S-to-S raising: seem, turn out, appear, happen

2. Tough movement: expression of value(

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